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Penny Slinger: Out of the Shadows

Directed by: Richard Kovitch
Runtime: 1hr 35min Year: 2018

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Directed by: Richard Kovitch
Runtime: 1hr 35min Year: 2018
Country: United Kingdom

Discover the untold story of one of Britain's most provocative artists, and the traumatic events that shaped her work in Penny Slinger: Out of the Shadows.

Penny Slinger: Out of the Shadows is the incredible untold story of British artist Penny Slinger and the traumatic events that led to the creation of her masterpiece, the 1977 photo-romance, ‘The Exorcism’.

Coming-of-age against a backdrop of post-war austerity and the explosion of colour that characterised the 1960s counterculture, Slinger embraced her generation’s quest for personal freedom and sexual liberation, and channelled these into ground-breaking sculptures and collages. Slinger played with Surrealist tropes with a radical and feminist edge and worked with subversive filmmakers such as Jane Arden.

Penny Slinger: Out of the Shadows gives extraordinary access to Slinger’s rarely seen 16mm films – including the 1969 film Lilford Hall she made with Peter Whitehead – and an insight into the dynamic group of British artists that pushed boundaries and made controversial, transgressive work.