Desert Art
By: Kai Crouse
Category: Uncategorized
| Focal Length: | 50mm |
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| ISO: | 100 |
| Shutter: | 1/0 sec |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 7D |
My wanderings through the deserts of West Texas took me to a small town of about 2000 people called Marfa. This town was a lazy mining town until the 1960’s when an artist named Donald Judd came to town and started a minimalist art commune. This commune developed into a sort of pilgrimage destination for many artists and so developed this seemingly out of place creative oasis in the heart of the West Texas desert.
Surreal is the only word I can use to describe Marfa and hopefully this picture is a visual representation of what I mean. I spent the evening perusing art galleries (and shopping at Prada) and spent the evening in the town watering hole called Padre’s, listening to a live rock opera band and playing shuffleboard.
I’m not sure I get minimalism, but like so much art it needs to be viewed in context. This tiny enclave in the middle of a barren desert could really be no where else but Marfa.
Opaque Ghosts 
I really like this photo. It is poetic. It is very lonely looking, but it gives me a wild imagination what’s going on inside the building, who is there, who visits there, is there Prada product and who buys it? Is it a joke? Is this an abandant building? How far do you drive to see another building? This sight is perfect for some movie location…..
This is and art installation put in place in 2005. It has real hang bags and shoes but the bottoms have been cut out to thwart any shopaholics. Of course it makes them unique and more sought after by relic hunters I imagine.
Prada??? What a contrast! Must move product fast with the Harley world. This photo is a real keeper. GE
Architect’s cultural mind Fk…
Thanks for keeping it PG!