Artist defends Churchill video at National Portrait Gallery after being accused of ‘barefaced lie’
المصدر: The Guardian World | Source: The Guardian WorldHelen Cammock says her comments blaming wartime leader for Bengal famine were intended to create ‘dialogue’
A Turner prize-winning artist accused of telling a “barefaced lie” about Winston Churchill in a video piece installed at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) has defended her work, saying it was intended to create a “dialogue” about figures in the gallery’s collection.
Helen Cammock’s 40-minute moving image piece called Persistence has been at the centre of a row about the role Churchill played in the Bengal famine of 1943.
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