Jack Hadley and Nicola Farquhar, POLYPODY, 2023, installation view. Courtesy: the artists and Laree Payne Gallery, Hamilton.

Laree Payne Gallery presents POLYPODY, a two person exhibition containing object works by gallery artist Jack Hadley, alongside paintings by Nicola Farquhar.

The exhibition is supported by an essay authored by Abby Cunnane.

The polypod has many feet or legs.
The polypod is herbivorous, short-bodied, and antenniferous.
The polypod has a body like a broadbean pod, many-waisted.
It has not occurred to many people to ask if a polypod gets lonely, depressed, or is dangerous.
The polypod has a bitter-sweet taste and is among few ferns used in cooking, for example as a spice for nougat.
The Polypod 200 is available on prescription.
Some people say the Polypod 200 has been effective in the treatment of infections of the lungs, urinary tract, ear, sinus, throat, and skin.