Bloody Vestibule

"Bloody Vestibule is a raw, anatomical portrait of the vagina—exposed, labeled, bleeding. The red handprints across the canvas are my own, stamped in menstrual blood and paint, marking not just biology, but memory. It’s a confrontation with every unwanted touch, every silencing, every time the body was treated as public property.

By turning myself into the subject, the map, and the mark-maker, I reclaim what was always mine. This is not shame. This is sacred revolt.

This is my body. These are my handprints."

– Marina Orlova