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Arrival, skins

By Victoria Malcolm 2010

Victoria Malcolm

Dimensions
60cm x 60cm x 3cm

An enlargement of a snapshot taken by my grandmother of a royal visit to a south African mission circa 1930 reveals the visitors' glance at the distant crowd of black Africans, the tension of the man waiting to shake the gloved hand. Details made slowly visible through transcription into paint.

Victoria Malcolm

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Gargantua and the sausages

Constable, a painting of a reproduction.

Ink plume on yellow

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