Donald Judd, the 60's, 70's minimalist sculptor. He
bought a property in Marfa that was a cavalry fort in
the 20's and a POW camp for captured Germans in WW2.
There are some major installations in the refurbished
hangars, mess halls etc. In the building where the
prisoners worked are 100 shiny aluminum boxes, each
nominally 4ft x 4ft x 8ft. Each has different
openings and inserts. With tall windows facing both
north and south, the sunlight created endless shadows
and reflections. The guide was a sultry and blasé
college age woman who, when she said she had graduated
from Sarah Lawrence I had a hard time keeping a
straight face. There was also a crowd of young female
grad students and some professors who had driven over
from Dallas after attending the national convention
for art historians. They had the same energy and
insider's knowledge that I remember from my Columbia
SLP days.
So Marfa has a lot of art galleries and fancy shops.
And a lot of film people. I was invited to the local
cine palace to watch the Oscars tonight with a bunch
that worked on "No Country for Old Men" which was shot
here. For lunch I went to Mondo's, a down home
Mexican joint. Local people and Texas state police.
I wanted to ask them what they made of the changes in
Marfa.
Lots of people moving to the area because of the
climate. Lots of real estate signs. One said "We
sell tranquility one acre at a time."
On the way to Fort Davis, 21 miles of desert, there
was a hawk dead in the middle of the road. I stopped
and pulled some feathers off it. It's talons were
enormous. In the distance I could see what looked
like a warehouse that stretched out for a half mile.
It was a greenhouse that grows tomatos. Up close it
was about 40 feet high. The tomato plants grew up
cages that stretched floor to ceiling. I'm going to
try to get a tour tomorrow.
Staying tonight in Davis Mountains State Park.
Beautiful, shady, and the bird people from NH are here
as well as a guy from Missouri I got talking to in Rio
Grande village 3 days ago. Cooked up another pot of
dinners for the week. I've been adding chorizo the
last couple times. Very nice kick. Went for a bike
ride and saw bunches of fancy houses built on all the
hills.
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