citykid09 Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 I could not believe this when I saw it. http://www.002mag.com/mag/current/index.htm http://www.pradamarfa.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 Just another reason to LOVE West Texas; their sense of dry wit! I wonder if they'd consider putting a Starbucks "ruin" right next to this... What other "now" stores could you visualize adjacent to the Prada store? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 i was planning on going there to check out the lights...now i might wait so i can see a decayed prada store...heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 For some reason that reminds me of one of those CVS commercials with the truck pulling it and then stopping in the middle of nowhere and all of a sudden all of these customers start pulling up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 Chronicle story about John Poindexter's Cibolo Creek Ranch near Marfa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 I give it 3 months before there is graffiti and 2 busted windows on that joint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasboy Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 That is crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted November 2, 2005 Author Share Posted November 2, 2005 I give it 3 months before there is graffiti and 2 busted windows on that joint. Thats what I was thinking, they should have put some really strong windows on that thing. I will bet someone will steal all of that stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 Kind of a cool idea. Great photo of the cowboy checking it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 Actually, it already has been vandalized. 30% unemployment in West Texas, so this foo-foo was poo-poo to many. Also, this was the work of two German artists. No West Texas connection at all, other than the fact that it's in West Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 Q & A with the artists involvedstory in Houston Pressstory in UT's Daily Texan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 Actually, it already has been vandalized. 30% unemployment in West Texas, so this foo-foo was poo-poo to many. Also, this was the work of two German artists. No West Texas connection at all, other than the fact that it's in West Texas. That was a good waste of $50,000 or so. Could have done a little good for humanity and built some chicken dinners for some homeless, instead of that piece of cr@p "artwork" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 story in Houston Press "Men in bunny suits and Santa outfits rioted in the bars at night, and one participant was Saran Wrapped several feet off the ground to a utility pole." Sorry I missed that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 Scuff marks and scratches on the boxes resulted in two counts of felony criminal mischief don't mess with donald judd's aluminum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 I understand that the rich have taken over Marfa. They're driving the real estate prices out of this world. Even Terlingua is getting a little foo-foo. Lajitas is now a fancy-schmancy resort with "5 star" chefs, manicured golf courses and LAKES! (Don't even get me started on the idiocy of that idea out in Big Bend.)OTOH, Redford is still cheap, with no artsy-fartsy crowd. And prices are still low in Ruidosa (home of Rosa's Place and not much else), population 16, I believe. But for how long, I wonder?Anyone else here miss Boquillas and Paso Lajitas? I hear the people aren't doing so well there...drug smuggling has skyrocketed since they shut down the border crossings. No way to make an honest living over there anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 BoquillasLoved paying $1 to have the guy push us across the river. Drink some beer, and then get pushed back over.Those were the days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 don't mess with donald judd's aluminum! Have you been out there to see it? I went out there about 10 years ago with an old girlfriend who lived out there in Alpine. I'm not of an artistic bent myself, but it was kind of interesting to see barracks after barracks after barracks out polished aluminum boxes. I was really more interested in the old army graffiti on the walls, though! If I remember correctly, a lot of the graffiti was from the old German POW's that were kept there in WWII. Loved paying $1 to have the guy push us across the river. Drink some beer, and then get pushed back over.Those were the days. I was a big fan of the Park Bar over there. The other bar was the "tourist" bar. The Park Bar, a little farther down the road, was the one with the "try before you buy" mota sales around back. We got better deals in Houston than behind the Park Bar, but we always felt obligated to get a little bit. Of course, when I took my wife, she like the "tourist" bar MUCH better than the Park Bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 Have you been out there to see it? only in pictures...i read that he adapted the artillery sheds to his art - it would have been more interesting the other way around, in my opinion... also, aren't the interiors of the boxes supposed to be different? do you remember anything about the insides? out of alot of the artists that have installations through chinati in marfa, i really only like claes oldenburg (but more of the oversized food...not the exhibit there). also, chamberlain's steel works are a little interesting (especially if you like trash compacting! heh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 only in pictures...i read that he adapted the artillery sheds to his art - it would have been more interesting the other way around, in my opinion...also, aren't the interiors of the boxes supposed to be different? do you remember anything about the insides? out of alot of the artists that have installations through chinati in marfa, i really only like claes oldenburg (but more of the oversized food...not the exhibit there). also, chamberlain's steel works are a little interesting (especially if you like trash compacting! heh) What I remember about Judd's boxes was that each one was different in some way. I don't remember particulars, but like I said, it was somewhat interesting. It seems like there were hundreds of boxes there...a lot of work, obviously. I do remember the Claes Oldenburg horseshoe there...I thought that was great. And as for Chamberlain, are you talking about the crushed cars? That was pretty interesting as well, at least the first three or four that I saw. After that, it got kind of repetitive. I was asking myself, how is this any different than a junk yard? Why is it art when you put it in a nicely lit building, but junk/scrap metal when it's out behind a corrugated tin fence? As for the art, overall...well, let's just say I much rather enjoy driving the natural beauty of the Pinto Canyon Road to looking at the manmade art... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ V Lawrence Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Just another reason to LOVE West Texas; their sense of dry wit! I wonder if they'd consider putting a Starbucks "ruin" right next to this... What other "now" stores could you visualize adjacent to the Prada store? Astroworld?! No seriously, that's, like, a totally cruel and stereotypical way to treat the 4 citizens, 13 horses, and roaming tumbleweed at Marfa, Texas Actually, it already has been vandalized. 30% unemployment in West Texas, so this foo-foo was poo-poo to many. Also, this was the work of two German artists. No West Texas connection at all, other than the fact that it's in West Texas. 30% unemployment? So, like one dude at Marfa doesn't have a job, and it's like, 30% unemployed? Nah, I'm kidding. I am kinda curious if the Marfa area would have a boom if El Paso kept going up at it's rate. It would be cool if there was a town development somewhere between El Paso and San Antonio, but I know that sounds far-fetched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 It would be cool if there was a town development somewhere between El Paso and San Antonio, but I know that sounds far-fetched. Del Rio? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Astroworld?! No seriously, that's, like, a totally cruel and stereotypical way to treat the 4 citizens, 13 horses, and roaming tumbleweed at Marfa, Texas 30% unemployment? So, like one dude at Marfa doesn't have a job, and it's like, 30% unemployed? Nah, I'm kidding. I am kinda curious if the Marfa area would have a boom if El Paso kept going up at it's rate. It would be cool if there was a town development somewhere between El Paso and San Antonio, but I know that sounds far-fetched. Considering that Marfa's about 200 miles from El Paso, I don't think they would feel an El Paso boom too much. Marfa's growth right now is from hoity-toity artists and wealthy lawyers buying up land in what's now being seen as a "hip" artists community. I think they took that status away from Alpine about 10 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 I really don't think Alipine ever had it to begin with. But I love it out there.We need to keep West Texas free of Yankess at all costs.Heck, they don't even really care all that much for Houstonians out there. I can only imagine how the locals feel about New Yorkers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 I really don't think Alipine ever had it to begin with. But I love it out there. We need to keep West Texas free of Yankess at all costs. Heck, they don't even really care all that much for Houstonians out there. I can only imagine how the locals feel about New Yorkers. Alpine at least has Sul Ross St, so they've got a younger than average population. Outside of the students, though, it's a LOT of retirees. I think Alpine did have a reputation as an artist's enclave, but it wasn't the nationally-known artists, just a bunch of locals and folks who migrated into town who preferred painting or drawing or sculpting (and of course a little drinking and smoking) to "getting a real job". Alpine never had West Germans coming into town to build a fake Prada store, or John Waters designing "travel posters" for it...but I hear Willie Nelson used to play the SRSU homecomings back in the day, AND, I once had breakfast with Harry Dean Stanton at the Ponderosa Cafe in Alpine. Talk about high-falutin' visitors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ V Lawrence Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Here's a new article on an old topic ... http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/3645692.html (notice how it's in the "bizarre" section of the Chronicle) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Heck, in Marathon there is a high-end hotel called the "Gage Hotel". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modernceo Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Marfa, Texas was where the movie Giant was filmed !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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