Repurposed gas stations, aircraft hangers, as well as retired army bunkers and barracks house studios and gallery space in Marfa TX. Works range from huge outdoor pieces to paintings and jewelry.  In “The Wrong Store” I found some weirdly mesmerizing folk art.  Portraits of presidents created by Ike Morgan.  He, by the way, is a permanent resident of the Austin State Hospital for the criminally insane.  Hmmm.

We may have wandered a bit out of our element when we took in a Donald Judd art installation at the Chinati foundation. A series of concrete “drainage tile’ looking groupings are positioned in a long row across an open desert meadow.  It’s about the work being the art in its surroundings (an installation).   I’m not sure what I got out of it but it did encourage me to check out something new to me.

Another installation, the Prada store along the roadside just west of Valentine TX .  It is a glass fronted room the size of a big closet with a sealed door.  Inside, shelves and display blocks hold Prada shoes and bags.  That’s it.

I think I might benefit from a little modern art appreciation/understanding classes?