'Its Called Art Mum, Look It Up'

The Exhibition

After my previous post on the artist Polly Nor, I discovered she had opened up her second solo exhibition called ‘Its Called Mum, Look It Up’; the title fitting along nicely with all the teenage angst portrayed in her work. The exhibition was held for a limited time of only four days and featured a full collection of her digital illustrations alongside original hand-drawings, sculpture work and an immersive installation room.

The immersive room was a remake of the bedroom seen across many of Polly Nor’s illustrations, using a colour pallet of dusky pinks, lavenders and blues, as deep green forestation crawled up the walls creating a dream like setting. Technology also featured in the room making it interactive as you could sit down with the mint headphones at the computer on the desk and watch a small animation as if the room was actually yours. 

It was the small details which really captured the 21^st century girl though with the millennial pink fidget spinner and useless trinket boxes scattering the sides. The wardrobe was also to die for filled with pastel satins and furs keeping with the colour scheme. I loved the way all the tones in the room pulled together so I have created a colour pallet below for reference.

Thick Skin

Another highlight of the exhibition was one of her never seen before sculptures featuring latex skins suspended in the middle of the exhibition space, as if several girls had just taken off their skin and hung it up like you do with your jacket after a long day at work. The skins and hair came in multiple shades, some screwed up on the floor while others carefully hanged representing the suit we put on in public and how we people want to perceive our identity.  

Alongside all this the walls were covered in square white frames which featured Polly Nor’s sketches with her on going theme of devils through out representing everyone’s anxieties, frustrations and secret desires. ‘A Series Of Nine’ was a favourite of mine as multiple photos depict a woman embracing the devil as he slowly unzips her skin revealing she too is also a devil as her mask is discarded on the floor.