Windy West Texas

This weekend my grandma and I went to Marfa, TX (just a little southeast of El Paso). We didn't see the Marfa lights but we did visit the Chinati Foundation, the contemporary art museum started by Donald Judd. The museum is on an old fort so all of the work is spread out into different buildings. The museums's intention is to show large-scale installation pieces that demonstrate the link between artwork and the surrounding landscape. For this reason all but one of the pieces are permanent. A piece is made for a particular space and should remain there as long as it exists. Marfa was interesting. The entire town seemed to have taken on the minimalist ideas of Judd.

Then we continued to Fort Davis, where we were nearly blown away. The wind was unbelievable. Tumbleweeds and dust were flying everywhere. So we drove north through the Davis Mountains. It was amazing. The rocky cliffs looked like dolls watching us from the road.



Donald Judd's 100 untitled works in mill aluminum



Donald Judd's works in concrete which stretch nearly one kilometer along the fort's old landing strip



Fort Davis



Very windy Davis Mountains



A dusty old theater in Sierra Blanca

I also met this interesting Swiss woman named Eli Geiser whose paintings focus on a connection between language and color. I added a link to her website on the right under "Links."