Polly Morgan’s work is exquisitely created, with attention placed on the smallest details, allowing her macabre constructions to come to life. While Morgan has been hailed as “leader of the next generation of YBAs,” I think it simplifies her work into a hot commodity and herself into a celebrity, as opposed to an artist. What I do love about her work is its quiet haunting feel, the uneasiness in the simple pairings of animal and object. Interestingly, she does not see death as the central focus of her work, rather the sheer beauty of the empty body is of interest to her. And, rest assured, all animals she works with have been either roadkill or died of unavoidable causes.
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