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In Pool Party, Polly subverts certain preconceived images of a primed, performative woman lounging poolside, bikini-clad; instead, she finds her own self-aware and awkward beauty in alternately contorted or sprawling poses that suggest a bemused weariness with the unrealistic expectations of modern women. From the Guardian: “She stages deadpan tableaux with lilos in which she seems hopelessly – and hilariously – unable to function. In these works, Penrose says she aims to satirise perfect womanhood as portrayed in the media.”
