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ing outside of “The Ring” in Paris, France and he told me it was an experience of a lifetime. Gibbs Farm is open one day out of each month and I was so fortunate to make it into a group for my 4-hour tour through the farm of 26 installations curated all by different artists. This is an amazing adventure for one who truly wants to see what artists can do with their surroundings. Neil Dawson crafted one of my favorite works that I saw; he appropriately places an enormous three dimensional sculpture created to make a flat, two dimensional illusion. The artist has created what looks like a scribbled paper cartoon like drawing “Horizons” set on the hill. The way the sculpture sits in an empty space allows fluidity between the backdrop of the rolling hills, and ever-changing skyline behind the black steel outlines of the structure. Neil has embraced the challenge of such an obnoxiously large space and has captured an air of curiosity to the visitor to want to come back and see how the background of the sky changes with the season. These are definitely places I would want to go back to in the future. I found that with each installation I came across I was able to experience it on a personal level and gain a new perspective of the art world today. / Rebecca Wash