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Related: About this forumArt depicting women in the aftermath of illegal abortions by Portuguese artist Paula Rego
(Cross-posted also at Video and Multimedia)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017733347
Such a divisive issue isn't a popular subject for artists so i found this interesting and important to see.
Paula Rego is a Portuguese-British visual artist ... Her work often reflects feminism...
The abortion series, which depicts women in the aftermath of illegal abortions, was so powerful it's been credited with influencing the public to campaign for a second referendum, in 2007, after which abortion was finally legalised in Portugal.
The abortion series, which depicts women in the aftermath of illegal abortions, was so powerful it's been credited with influencing the public to campaign for a second referendum, in 2007, after which abortion was finally legalised in Portugal.
https://cvonhassett.medium.com/paula-regos-untitled-the-abortion-pastels-1c58abf9f9af
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Art depicting women in the aftermath of illegal abortions by Portuguese artist Paula Rego (Original Post)
IcyPeas
May 2022
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niyad
(119,939 posts)1. Thank you for posting these heartbreaking, wrenching images. THIS is what
the woman-hating gestational slavers want.
niyad
(119,939 posts)2. Would you consider posting some of her other works here? I am in awe of her
work.
IcyPeas
(22,621 posts)6. here's a video and an article with a selection of her paintings:
click on "watch on youtube". In this video Paula, herself, discusses the abortion series.
an article with some of her paintings:
https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/10634/im-all-too-human-artist-paula-rego-on-depicting-people
Maraya1969
(22,997 posts)3. Those are heartbreaking. eom
BigmanPigman
(52,260 posts)4. Powerful and horrible.
littlemissmartypants
(25,483 posts)5. Kick.