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Fat City Gallery director D.J. Watkins has revived a countercultural community hub on the East Hyman Avenue pedestrian mall with a display of Tom Benton prints and historic maps. ....
The itinerant Gonzo Gallery will change its name to “Fat City Gallery” upon its next move in May. The popular gallery, which over the past decade has engaged a youthful audience and sparked creative dialogue rarely found in the Aspen art scene, has specialized in work related to the author and local icon Hunter S. Thompson, illustrator Ralph Steadman and printmaker/activist Tom Benton among others counterculture figures. On May 15, the gallery will move to 529 E. Cooper Ave. and reopen as Fat City Gallery, marking a pivot away from Thompson while also paying homage to Thompson’s campaign promise to rename Aspen “Fat City” during his 1970 campaign for sheriff of Pitkin County. ....