MELISSALAND

It could just be that I adore anything British, but there is something about Polly Morgan’s work that I am completely head over heels for. Sure, it is a tad creepy (making art of dead animals that is) - however Morgan assures viewers with a statement upon entering her site that all animals ‘are either road casualties or donated to the artist by pet owners and vets’.

There is a definite beauty to the still lives she creates. Rather than reanimate the animal, like many other taxidermists, Morgan prefers to leave them in the posture they died in - and that might be where the naturalistic portrayal ends - as Morgan then finds surreal + inventive ways to present them; be it in a shallow wine glass or hidden in a pack of matches.

Whatever the case might be, her sculptures are dreamy ruminations about the moment after death.