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The ArcelorMittal Orbit near completion

By Jeanette Barnes 2012

Chris Dorley Brown

Large compressed charcoal drawing of the ArcelorMittal orbit - The Olympic Tower - near completion. I made a number of drawings and sketches of the Orbit through different times in it's construction. This final piece concentrates on the end of its construction, but I have put in different elements throughout this period, it has a feeling of being a diary of its building process, a history of the tower.
IMG 9389 1744100086 Jeanette Barnes

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