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Hope the Whale

By James Allen 2020

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Drawing showing the elevated and flowing display of ‘Hope’ the great whale at the Natural History Museum. The drawing provides an exploration of the monument cutting and flowing through the space, harmonising with the passage of time being dispelled on the floor below. 

J A James Allen

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