No
trip to Amarillo Texas is complete without visiting
Cadillac Ranch. One way of describing Cadillac Ranch
is as a constantly changing sculpture created in 1974
by a consortium of artist known as the Ant Farm. A A
simpler way of describing Cadillac Ranch is 10 Classic
Cadillacs buried nose first in Panhandle dirt.
The
best known of the artist in Ant Farm was Chip Lord,
Doug Michels, and Curtis Schrier, although others had
been involved in Ant Farm from time to time. Stanley
Marsh 3, a local millionare, became involved with Ant
Farm for the Cadillac Ranch project.
Cadillac
Ranch is probably the worlds most well known public
art piece. The 10 cadillacs are located on private land
(owned by Marsh) but the public is always welcome to
wander onto the field to see the piece up close. The
cars are constantly changing due to the involvemet of
so many visiting artist wielding paint cans and markers.
Some of the creativity shown in the grafiti is quite
remarkable. |