Inverting the female form
Meet Polly. She’s the artist who bends herself into weird shapes in abandoned houses in a quest to invert traditional perceptions of the female form. By Ellie Fazan
Though we may see her naked body fitting in to strange and lovelorn places, her work is about anything other than fitting in. It’s raw, unapologetic. In her own words her pictures quietly say, “This is me and it’s not important to me that you find me attractive.” And now, after a decade of self portraits, the one-time assistant of Tim Walker has just been taken on by the Michael Hoppen Gallery and is working on her first body of work that focuses on other bodies. Here’s what she has to say about her journey so far…
