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Southern Ghosts and Creative Hosting: Trish Gibson at Rump Gallery
On Saturday, January 18th I made my first visit to Rump Gallery for the opening of artist Trish Gibson’s show, I Wore Her All Around Me. For this visit, I rode deep into Richmond’s South Highland Park neighborhood to a corner lot house with a small, dark tin...
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