We headed there first, and it really is out there. It is essentially a building, designed and stocked as a tiny Prada location, totally out of context along a rural road which is what makes it work as an art installation. You know you are getting close, as there was a bunch of other cars pulled over. Pictures were taken, then we headed back into Marfa.
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| no shopping bags...that's a relief |
As it was now lunchtime, we stopped at a little place called The Watering Spot. It was hopping, Lunch was fab, and then we were off in search of more art.
Ran into a few roadblocks in our quest, as being Presidents’ Day weekend, a lot of galleries were closed. There are a number of installations around town, but the booklet we picked up, quite frankly, did a poor job of directing them to us. Lots of galleries in town, and the buildings themselves are quite interesting.
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| water towers are becoming a thing with us |
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| Hotel Paisano hosted the cast of 'Giant' |
We did head out to The Chianti Foundation, which has a number of large works by Donald Judd. Starting in the 70’s, Marfa became a cultural draw, and artist/sculptor Donald Judd arrived, attracted by it’s remoteness, landscape, and architecture of it’s buildings, including old hangers that he re-purposed into gallery space to hold his large-scale installations. He was soon the founder and creator of the Chianti Foundation.
Again, some buildings were closed, but we were able to walk through his concrete boxes installations and view into the windows of his former hanger galleries. Marfa is a very cool town, but they need to get their act together from a tourist information perspective.
Marfa has long been a favourite movie set location as well. In 1956, 'Giant', starring Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean, and more recently in 2006, 'There Will Be Blood' and 'No Country For Old Men' were filmed here. All in all, Marfa was a cool little town to explore.
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