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Polly Morgan: Still Life After Death

The following excerpts from the April 2008 issue of Telegraph Magazine highlight the object-making aspect of taxidermy, which is exactly what makes Morgan’s work compelling. By repositioning the prepared animal away from naturalism and science, these tableaux reveal them as purely material, as jarringly unnatural. Since there is no attempt to give them any kind [...]

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Wikipedia description:
It is a common practice for hunters to pose with their harvests at the Midway General Store on Federal Forest Highway 13 near the Delta and Alger County lines. The store is one of the only public gathering places for miles in the vast expanse of the Hiawatha National Forest.

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