# Polly Borland

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Polly Borland turns the lens on herself

She's photographed the rich and famous, worked with Nick Cave over the decades and even taken Queen Elizabeth's portrait. But after stepping away from commercial portraiture, Polly Borland has produced her most interesting work, exploring the human body in abstract and sometimes unsettling ways th…

Polly Borland turns the lens on herself

She's photographed the rich and famous, worked with Nick Cave over the decades and even taken Queen Elizabeth's portrait. But after stepping away from commercial portraiture, Polly Borland has produced her most interesting work, exploring the human body in abstract and sometimes unsettling ways tha…

Polly Borland on her pivot to sculpture and how it felt to photograph the Queen

Australian-born Polly Borland is best known for photographing kink sub cultures, Nick Cave and the late Queen, but she has also long been experimenting with the surreal. She tells Daniel about her shift to sculpture and her true feelings about photographing the late monarch. Plus, who was Janet Sob…

Polly Borland: 'The difficult things have to be looked at'

Australian artist Polly Borland reflects on politics, grown up men dressing as babies and why her art sometimes makes people feel uncomfortable.

Polly Borland

Polly Borland is one of Australia’s most internationally recognisable contemporary artists. Famed for her early editorial work and portraiture, the artist today has shifted her focus decidedly to sculpture.Claire Summers spoke with Polly about her new exhibition with Sullivan+Strumpf, about the dis…

Sheer Genius or Barely There? Bianca Censori and the Art of Nylon

In this episode Carla and Meredith take a dive deep into the mysteries of Bianca Censori, otherwise known as the wife of Ye. What does her nudity mean, and why are people so keen to see her as a victim? We discuss her dildo pants, her silence, and  what she owes to the genius feminist sculptor Lo…

#81 - Printing, Portraits & Personal Truths w/ Jenny Lewis

On this week’s show, we sit down with the phenomenal Jenny Lewis to explore her artistic journey — from cutting her teeth in the darkroom to capturing raw, empowering portraits of new mothers. We discuss the intimacy of photography, what it means to truly see someone, and how self-portraiture becam…

One of Australia's most successful art partnerships

They used to lay-buy contemporary art together when they were low-paid gallery workers, forging a business relationship early on. Now, Ursula Sullivan and Joanna Strumpf are one of Australia's most successful art partnerships in terms of the cultural impact of the artists they represent — Tony Albe…

BiFB Pop Up - Bronwyn Kidd - Martin Kantor Prize Winner

In this episode, the first of five pop-up episodes from the Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Harri and Sally talk to the winner of this year Martin Kantor Prize, Bronwyn Kidd. Straight after the announcement was made, Bronwyn was live on the podcast to talk all about the excitement of winnin…

Artist and Curator Walkthrough: 'Are you lonely tonight? I'm so lonesome I could cry.'

Join exhibition curators Sophie Prince and Myles Russell-Cook for a tour of 'Are you lonely tonight? I’m so lonesome I could cry.', and hear directly from artists Polly Borland, Kayla Mattes, Callum McGrath, Nick Mullaly, Melissa Nguyen and Patrick Pound as they speak to directly to their work in t…