Breast cancer, in which tens of thousands of women and hundreds of men die every year, is known as one of the deadliest types of cancer. However, as many of you will know, early diagnosis plays a very important role in cancer, as it is in many diseases, as a factor that increases the likelihood of recovery.
While many institutions and organizations organize various events to draw attention to breast cancer and the importance of early diagnosis for breast cancer; October every year is considered Breast Cancer Awareness and Awareness Month. Now a museum ‘shows’ a rather unusual and ‘artistic’ approach to raising attention to breast cancer. An art museum in Buenos Aires, displaying modified copies of three works by three world-famous painters, allows visitors to ‘with their hands’ the symptoms of breast cancer in the works, highlighting how important our self-examination actually is in the early diagnosis of this deadly disease. aims to attract.
The ‘artistic’ approach to the diagnosis of breast cancer
The Art of Self Examination, exhibited at the Spanish American Art Museum in Buenos Aires, It stands out as the newest collaboration between David Buenos Aires and MACMA, a breast cancer-focused nonprofit.
, who cites an article from The Lancet and states that models in Rembrandt’s Bathsheba Holding King David’s Letter, Rubens’ The Three Graces, and Rafael’s La Fornarina show potential signs of breast cancer. The compelling campaign, based on the work of Liliana Sosa, points out that the models in these masterpieces, which have been before our eyes for centuries, actually show signs of breast cancer.
In order for the participants to touch the paintings and feel the breast cancer symptoms with their hands, Dr. Recreated with the help of Sosa, it is stated that the symptoms are depicted as realistically as possible.
Museum directors Ignacio Flotta and Nicolas Vara stated that self-examination plays an extremely important role in early detection of breast cancer; He also underlines that doctor visits and mammograms are mandatory for the diagnosis of breast cancer. It is reported that the exhibition, which has been visited by 10 thousand people so far, will be moved to be exhibited in another museum a week later.
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