Polly Borland is an internationally-recognised artist known for her surreal and disquieting practice, spanning photograph and sculpture. Borland’s recent work transcends and challenges the portraiture genre, with her unsettling photographs and sculptures portraying subjects often obscured, rendering them amorphic and abject.
Borland’s work is held in public and private collections including The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, National Portrait Gallery, London; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; The Royal Collection Trust, London; Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA), Adelaide; Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Hobart and Damien Hirst’s Murderme Collection.
BOD
2022
cast aluminium, matte finish automotive paint
61.0 x 42.5 x 27.0 cm
Untitled (Green and Pink)
2016
Lenticular print Digital print on rice paper mounted on Lexan and wood
61.0 x 53.0 x 15.0 cm
Monster Theatres
2020
installation view; Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art
Photo: Saul Steed
Untitled (Pink and Yellow)
2017
Lenticular print Digital print on rice paper mounted on Lexan and wood
61.0 x 95.0 x 15.0 cm
Morph 2
2018
archival pigment print
92.0 x 78.5.0 cm
Polyverse
2018
Installation view; NGV Australia: The Ian Potter Centre
Photo: Tom Ross
Gag
2017
162.0 x 135.0 cm
Morph 6
2018
Archival pigment print
200.0 x 162.5 cm
Untitled
2018
Lenticular print Digital print on rice paper mounted on Lexan and wood
91.4 x 76.2 x 6.3 cm
Polyverse
2018
installation view; Polly Borland: Polyverse at NGV Australia: The Ian Potter Centre
Photo: Tom Ross
Morph 15
2018
Archival pigment print
162.5 x 200.0 cm
Morph 3
2018
archival pigment print
92.0 x 78.5.0 cm