Grese, West, Atkins, Hindley, Ruda & England: Patricia

Grese, West, Atkins, Hindley, Ruda & England, Patricia Shrigley. DV, Black & white, Silent, 7 min, 7 sec, UK, 2007 Patricia Shrigley’s Grese, West, Atkins, Hindley, Ruda & England, is filmed as a series of portraits which record the imagined YouTube profiles of 5 infamous female criminals. Within each scene Shrigley acts out a hyper-real version of each persona, by re-modeling and padding out her face with clear tape and cotton wadding, allowing us to see the underlying narcissism of each character. Patricia Shrigley recently exhibited work at the Changing Room Gallery, London, the Brick Lane Gallery, London and at the Elevator Gallery, London. Her work has also been screened at the Berlinale, Berlin, Opica, Gijón and the Portobello Film Festival, London. She was born in the United Kingdom and currently lives and works in London. DVD 2 includes the featurette 'Interview with Patricia Shrigley' with Kirsty Harris and Jockel Liess, directed by Gordon Shrigley.