Exactly four years ago today, we were driving east on I-40, heading home on our cross-country trip. We had heard about this sculpture called Cadillac Ranch, near Amarillo, Texas, so we decided to stop and see for ourselves. The experience was truly surreal, with the sun beginning to set, the flat, wide-open field, and of course, the 10 half-buried, nose-down Cadillacs. We were the only ones there, so that made it even more eerie. The art is ever-changing as visitors from around the world put their own touch of graffiti on the cars. We were there after the cars were supposedly painted pink in tribute to breast cancer victims, but as you can see, they were already covered with new layers of graffiti. You can still make out a general underlying pink layer though.
The sculpture was created in 1974 by a San Francisco art collective called Ant Farm when they were invited by Stanley Marsh 3 (he felt Roman numerals were too pretentious), the owner of the wheat field, to create a unique piece of art for his ranch. They came up with the concept of placing used or junk Cadillacs, facing west, half-buried at the same angle as the Great Pyramid of Giza. The original sculpture was moved a couple of miles west, to its current location, in 1997.
What does it represent? Don’t know exactly. You tell me.
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That is so cool, even with the graffiti. Don’t let any Mary Kay reps in TX see this :D
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I’d they represent say a bunch of Cadillacs buried nose-first in the desert…
Now I got that Springsteen song going through my head…
I actually think they look better with the graffiti…which might be true of Cadillacs in general.
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I’d they represent say a bunch of Cadillacs buried nose-first in the desert…
Now I got that Springsteen song going through my head…
I actually think they look better with the graffiti…which might be true of Cadillacs in general.
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I never knew the cars were all painted up like that. That’s kind of cool–sort of everchanging, in a way.
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It is quite freaky, lol. Makes me laugh and all the residents of Shrewsbury think that the new Charles darwin monument is OTT, I wonder what on earth they would make of that. Awesome sky to go with the cars too.
Very cool. Now that is something that I would like to see up close. Never ceases to amaze me what a creative mind can come up with.
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That is a really cool idea, and I can imagine just how creepy it could be at night all alone… like a Stephan King novel with creepy crawlies that come out at night – or even the cars themselves… hmmm might make a good story. :)
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Hee-hee, Joanne. Mary Kay reps…that’s funny. Yeah, these were really cool.
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Hi drjay. Sorry ’bout the Springsteen song, though I’m sure there are worse ear worms. And that’s a good point…if ever there was a car meant for graffiti, it’s the Caddy…or Pacer…or Gremlin…
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Hi Lana. I saw this on a list of “sights to see” and thought it was pretty cool. If we do a cross country trip again, we may need to come through here again, just to see what’s changed.
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Hi and thanks, Chrissy. We raced to get here before sunset and just made it. It is very unique. How we happened to be the only ones there I’m not sure. Could have something to do with it being in the middle of November!
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Hi ann. Yes, up close is fun cause we have a few silly pics of us climbing in and about them!
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Hi Earth Friendly. Yeah, maybe some sort of odd sequel to Christine… :o)