World of Polly Morgan, artist
22.05.12
Freezers The contents of my freezers change all the time. Mammals are
at the bottom, and at the moment there is a lamb, a big rabbit and a cat
which a stranger gave to me. I get people calling me to say their pets have
died and asking if I want them. As long as they are just donating them and I
can do what I like with them, I say yes. When I squidge them into the
freezer they don’t look very elegant. On the top is a cormorant (pictured
previous page) that was shot by a fisherman because it was catching his
fish. When you fan out its wings you realise how good-looking cormorants are.
Inspiration I went to the Serengeti last summer, and while I enjoyed
seeing all the living animals, it was the corpses that really inspired me.
They can look perfect from a distance but when you get up close you see a
hole around the stomach area and the body is cavernous inside. Vultures go
straight for the stomach of a corpse because it is the softest part. I am
working on a stag (pictured) for an exhibition I am having in June and I
want to create a scene inside the stag. Perhaps it will be a bat cave and
when you look inside there will be little bats hanging on the ribs.
Source: Telegraph.co.uk