Neda Ulaby, a National Public Radio (NPR) reporter, had an intersting story a while back about a vibrant art community in rural Marfa, Texas.
“This tiny town perched on the high plains of the Chihuahua desert is … a blue-chip arts destination for the sort of glamorous scenesters who visit Amsterdam for the Rijksmuseum ...
“It all started when the acclaimed minimalist artist Donald Judd left New York City in the 1970s for this dusty dot of a town. He wanted to escape the art scene he claimed to disdain. With the help of the DIA Foundation, Judd acquired an entire Army base, and before he died in 1994, he filled it with art, including light installations by Dan Flavin and Judd’s own signature boxes. One hundred of them, made of silvery milled aluminum, are housed in two old brick artillery sheds. … Now, all 400 acres of the site are run by the Chinati Foundation. …
Sculptor Campbell Bosworth, for one, loves living and working in Marfa.
” ‘You just come out here and you feel like, I want to make something; I want to do something!’ ”
Read more about art in exurbia. Cities are not the only places where art can be made.
But you knew that.
In the 1970s, minimalist artist Donald Judd moved to Marfa, Texas, where he created giant works of art.
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