A portrait of the dancer Hanna Väätäinen, a friend of the artist, experiences her body after her hand was paralysed in childhood following a neck fracture.
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A portrait of the dancer Hanna Väätäinen, a friend of the artist, experiences her body after her hand was paralysed in childhood following a neck fracture.
2015-06-24
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