The Video Art of Francine Germaine Wilson
Francine
Germaine-Wilson is one of the most controversial
experimental film makers in Britain.
Francine Germaine-Wilson
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Francine
Germaine-Wilsons short films and video art installation pieces
have
drawn condemnation and commendation in equal measure.
She is an ardent feminist and intellectual and she does not shy away from
incorporating taboo subjects into
her work. Her new exhibition "Menstrually Recycled" is currently
showing at the
Tate Modern in London. I went to talk to her about her work.
AC:
Brian Sewell, the art critic of the Evening Standard, said in his review
of ‘Menstrually Recycled’- "Never in my
life have I witnessed such a travesty in the name of art. It is so banal,
so utterly devoid of wit or
imagination (let alone talent) that one is left with the feeling, not
so much of an opportunity
missed, but more that the opportunity didn’t actually exist in the
first place"
Does that kind of criticism upset you?
FGW: I think it would if it wasn’t for one thing.
AC: And what would that be?
FGW:
The fact that I know that Brian Sewell is a brain-dead old fart whose
head is so firmly planted up
his own arsehole that he’s in grave danger of ingesting his own
pelvis. He wouldn’t recognise true art
if it was tattooed onto the inside of his eyelids. In fact, one of the
pieces in my exhibition
deals with Mr Brian Sewell and his so-called artistic values.
AC: That would be ‘Brian Sewell has a tiny cock’?
FGW: Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
AC: Blah Blah Blah Blah
WE CAN PROOVE THIS IS ALL POPPY-COCK
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