#including the one the only blair atholl polar bear. yes it really looks like that.
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'The Polar bear at Blair Atholl,' 2024.
#em draws stuff#the terror#harry goodsir#franklin expedition#a ponderment on fucked up polar bears heavily inspired by the 'nanoq: flat out and bluesome' art exhibition by snæbjörnsdóttir/wilson#short explanation of which is that it was a photographic survey of all 34 taxidermied polar bears in the uk#including the one the only blair atholl polar bear. yes it really looks like that.#(they fixed it up some in 2016 but it's still narsty. highly recommend googling this particular beast.)#this is what happens when you put a polar bear on display in 1786 (at the least) and you Keep It There for twohundredsome years#ANYWAY. hey mr goodsir why'd you go to nunavut to see a very bad polar bear when you had a very bad polar bear at home#<- JOKE. i am allowed to do big ponderment art and also have myself a little jonk in the same post. farewell now.
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#a ponderment on fucked up polar bears heavily inspired by the 'nanoq: flat out and bluesome' art exhibition by snæbjörnsdóttir/wilson #short explanation of which is that it was a photographic survey of all 34 taxidermied polar bears in the uk #including the one the only blair atholl polar bear. yes it really looks like that. #(they fixed it up some in 2016 but it's still narsty. highly recommend googling this particular beast.) #this is what happens when you put a polar bear on display in 1786 (at the least) and you Keep It There for twohundredsome years
'The Polar bear at Blair Atholl,' 2024.
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