Polly Morgan

View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.
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Call of the Wild: Polly Morgan
Posted: August 12, 2017
Category: Polly Morgan
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

5 Questions with Polly Morgan
Posted: July 27, 2015
Category: Polly Morgan
Artist Polly Morgan talks about her process and work, which is featured in Organic Matters, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
Old-fashioned black Bakelite telephone receiver with seven taxidermied chick heads with open beaks protruding from the earpiece.

Victorian Decadence & Visual Decay
Posted: July 22, 2015
Category: Polly Morgan
Petah Coyne and Polly Morgan are influenced by the art of Louise Bourgeois and Eva Hesse. Both artists bring forth otherworldly creations through extremely labor and time intensive processes. The...
Myriad layers of melted pink and white wax encrust and obscure the metal armature for this abstract sculpture, which hangs from satin-wrapped chains. Its color and shape, as well as the bumpy, lacy texture, evoke a frilly tutu, lavishly frosted wedding cake, or coral accretions.

Painting with Confidence: Early Female Self-Portraiture
Posted: July 15, 2015
Category: Polly Morgan
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.