Polly H o l l y o a k Straddling the boundaries between abstraction and representational forms, my work explores, colour, pattern and layering through the medium of painting. Borrowing freely from media imagery in our consumer culture it explores notions of consumption and desire by highlighting the volume and cacophony of imagery to which we are incessantly exposed. Through cropping, juxtaposition and layering images are transformed, and the distinction between what is real and what is representational dissolves away. Polly Hollyoak 2015. Polly Hollyoak’s large scale paintings present a dialogue between pop and abstraction. With a background in signwriting and advertising, she borrows freely from the image bank of everyday modern life, be it advertising, glossy magazines, visual merchandise or food. Resonating with Baudrillard’s theory of simulacrum, images are transformed through cropping, colour and juxtaposition. As form and content evolve, the distinction between the real and the representation dissolves away. After completing a Trade Certificate in Signwriting in 1994, Polly went on to complete her Bachelor of Fine Arts (2012) and a Masters of Fine Arts (2014) at RMIT University in Melbourne. She has exhibited widely in the emerging artist scene in Melbourne in various group shows and staging solo exhibitions at both University and Artist-Run spaces. Bursting the Brand 2014 oil and enamel on canvas 180 x 110cm FLINDERSLANEGALLERY
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