[victorwilliams]

Testing the water to see what people have out there, regarding Polly Morgan's work, could have cash or maybe swaps if the right item comes along.

Anyone got anything?

[Pure Evil]

she's got a piece at the Ghosts of Dead Birds show...

[victorwilliams]

Any website address for that show Mr Evil, can't find anything?

[jusdeep]

www.ghostsofgonebirds.com

or on Facebook
www.facebook.com/ghostsofgonebirds

[victorwilliams]

Can't see what piece she has available on the website and I don't live in London so what ever piece it is will be gone on opening night I imagen.

Thanks for the PMs so far but I am looking for the taxidermy side of her work rather than the printing side, thanks.

[hunter007]

SHe is also doing some T shirts tht will be of an edition etc, 225 quid i think it was , she literally just sent the email out now

[HRE]

If you email Polly you might get luck on on of these. She had a few left a couple of months ago nice and affordable level for Polly



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[victorwilliams]

Is that the original case it comes in? Looks great!

[hunter007]

These were sold with just the Brush, no dome or flos

[mmmike]

Can someone please explain the appeal of these things? To me it looks like an attempt to shock people with no real meaning or purpose. I find them really boring and uninspired.

I'm not a fan of using animals in general. Seems thoughtless and heartless.

[victorwilliams]

hhmm, I think you have the wrong out of the stick mmmike. Nothing 'shocking' in her work what so ever all I see is beauty, fantastic ideas placing animal in completely different environments to what people are used to seeing them in.

I think it depends what point of view you are looking at it from, just my opinion.

[Forbidden Love]

yea just imagine brushing your teeth with that thing. organic.

[fairplay1974]

What's the title of this piece? Think I'm missing something here too!!

[hunter007]

ITs called Bad Breath

[fairplay1974]

Ok, I couldn't figure it. I do like a lot of Polly's work, think 'Still Birth' is inspired. IMO Once you get past the whole dead animal thing her work is beautiful. I think visiting her site and reading about her helps with that. I can understand where mmmike is coming from though, I think her originals particularly often have marmite appeal (for want of a better phrase!).

[llkoolj]

Lover her

www.pollymorganshop.co.uk/product.php?id_product=38

Great piece

[maumau93]

not quite sure why anyone would want one of these in their house...

[hunter007]

same reason you buy art that YOU like id guess

[maumau93]

yeh but isnt this just a bit morbid or depressing...

but ok i retract my statement as i guess its the same thing as stuffed animals and people have them just think they are pretty cruel...

[hunter007]

PErsonally i find her work rather beautiful, i guess its just each to there own,

[mmmike]

Nov 2, 2011 16:43:18 GMT 1 fairplay1974 said:

Ok, I couldn't figure it. I do like a lot of Polly's work, think 'Still Birth' is inspired. IMO Once you get past the whole dead animal thing her work is beautiful. I think visiting her site and reading about her helps with that. I can understand where mmmike is coming from though, I think her originals particularly often have marmite appeal (for want of a better phrase!).

Ok I'll read up a bit on her but the animal rights vegan in me is unlikely to come around to liking these things.

[hunter007]

Nov 2, 2011 18:18:13 GMT 1 mmmike said:

Nov 2, 2011 16:43:18 GMT 1 fairplay1974 said:

Ok, I couldn't figure it. I do like a lot of Polly's work, think 'Still Birth' is inspired. IMO Once you get past the whole dead animal thing her work is beautiful. I think visiting her site and reading about her helps with that. I can understand where mmmike is coming from though, I think her originals particularly often have marmite appeal (for want of a better phrase!).

Ok I'll read up a bit on her but the animal rights vegan in me is unlikely to come around to liking these things.

Pretty sure she only uses already dead animals.and lots are given to her , its a form of recycling

[svenman]

[quote author=hunter007

Pretty sure she only uses already dead animals.and lots are given to her , its a form of recycling [/quote]

quite correct.

i visited her studio earlier this year. some pics and a little bit of a write up on her 'making process' here if it is of interest....

arrestedmotion.com/2011/03/studio-visit-polly-morgan/

[mmmike]

Nov 2, 2011 21:09:41 GMT 1 svenman said:

[quote author=hunter007

Pretty sure she only uses already dead animals.and lots are given to her , its a form of recycling

quite correct.

i visited her studio earlier this year. some pics and a little bit of a write up on her 'making process' here if it is of interest....

arrestedmotion.com/2011/03/studio-visit-polly-morgan/



[/quote]

Thanks for the link.

Good to read that they died of natural causes but nothing there in terms of the meaning or intent of the work. If anyone has any links to interesting interviews with her talking about he work I'd be interested to read them.

[warsaw project]

Nov 2, 2011 21:09:41 GMT 1 svenman said:

[quote author=hunter007

Pretty sure she only uses already dead animals.and lots are given to her , its a form of recycling

quite correct.

i visited her studio earlier this year. some pics and a little bit of a write up on her 'making process' here if it is of interest....

arrestedmotion.com/2011/03/studio-visit-polly-morgan/



[/quote]

A great read and some great pictures, thanks for posting! Am loving her work...

[afroken]

I found a pristine dead fox outside by place lying on the pavement and contacted Polly. She checked for room in the freezer and came to collect it. Her studio is down the road from me. That fox would have just ended up as land fill so don't really see the problem?

[victorwilliams]

So... The conclusion is has any one got any horrible, grotesque, appealingly shocking orginal works of art by Polly Morgan that they are looking to move on.