ryoder 1,590 #1 June 14, 2013 http://hyperallergic.com/73377/why-is-playboy-erecting-a-neon-bunny-in-marfa-texas/"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #2 June 14, 2013 It's MARFA! It's where goofy artists do goofy shit. Does there really need to be a reason?quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #3 June 14, 2013 quade It's MARFA! It's where goofy artists do goofy shit. Does there really need to be a reason? It's the new Marfa Lights... I'm not going to lie, there are days where selling off a bunch of stuff and buying a bunch of desert for nothing around Marfa/Alpine/Terilinga sounds like a great idea. Maybe I just love going to Big Bend too much.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #4 June 14, 2013 AggieDave ***It's MARFA! It's where goofy artists do goofy shit. Does there really need to be a reason? It's the new Marfa Lights... I'm not going to lie, there are days where selling off a bunch of stuff and buying a bunch of desert for nothing around Marfa/Alpine/Terilinga sounds like a great idea. Maybe I just love going to Big Bend too much.I'd like to buy the old AFB at Pyote, TX, and open a DZ: Pyote Parachute School.Nah, that doesn't have a ring to it. Maybe I'll name it for the next closest town: Pecos Parachute School. Ahhh....much better."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #6 June 14, 2013 ryoder ******It's MARFA! It's where goofy artists do goofy shit. Does there really need to be a reason? It's the new Marfa Lights... I'm not going to lie, there are days where selling off a bunch of stuff and buying a bunch of desert for nothing around Marfa/Alpine/Terilinga sounds like a great idea. Maybe I just love going to Big Bend too much.I'd like to buy the old AFB at Pyote, TX, and open a DZ: Pyote Parachute School.Nah, that doesn't have a ring to it. Maybe I'll name it for the next closest town: Pecos Parachute School. Ahhh....much better.I know where you can pick up a 182 on the cheap...you're on your own for the chickens.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RamenSky 0 #7 June 14, 2013 Probably just "art". Note that it's next to the concrete culvert and car which is also "art". The culverts were put there in a field where antelope graze around them. Maybe some kind of artsy-fartsy statement about the juxtaposition of nature and man. Or just goofball artists... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #8 June 14, 2013 I'll state the obvious...you misspelled "peyote".My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #9 June 15, 2013 I live in the Marfa area and to me, what some call 'art'. is really questionable. When I first passed the Chinati foundation, I thought the display of concrete was septic tanks. A similar display of huge aluminum cubes inside an old hangar is beyond me. There's enough aluminum in that place to build a B-52. A stack of old hub-caps in someone's front yard is not art... to me. Marfa used to be a good little ol' town till the artists and Hollywood discovered it. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyjumpenfool 2 #10 June 15, 2013 All this discussion aside, it's clear by the poll above that Boobies is the clear winner. Now that's what I call art!!! Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #11 June 15, 2013 skyjumpenfool All this discussion aside, it's clear by the poll above that Boobies is the clear winner. Now that's what I call art!!! Ding, ding, ding... we have a winner!! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #12 July 3, 2013 Officials order removal of the bunny: http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_23591138/officials-order-removal-giant-neon-playboy-bunny-sculpture"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davjohns 1 #13 July 4, 2013 I don't see the issue. Campbell's soup cans were once made iconic art by Andy Warhol. Obviously, an advertising icon can be art. This particular icon is used for lots of other things.I know it just wouldnt be right to kill all the stupid people that we meet.. But do you think it would be appropriate to just remove all of the warning labels and let nature take its course. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #14 July 4, 2013 No mention of the Prada shoe display on the roadside between Valentine and VanHorn? Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #15 July 4, 2013 masterrig No mention of the Prada shoe display on the roadside between Valentine and VanHorn? Chuck Damn, that is weird: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=valentine+tx&hl=en&ll=30.603649,-104.518443&spn=0.002269,0.002242&sll=38.997934,-105.550567&sspn=8.355368,9.18457&hnear=Valentine,+Jeff+Davis,+Texas&t=h&z=19 So does Prada have any ropers in their collection?"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #16 July 4, 2013 Not a one! You'd think that out in this country it'd be a Tony Lama or Justin display. Then too, they'dve been taken by some poor ol' outa luck cowboy, years ago! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #17 July 5, 2013 I was going to mention... that Prada display has been shot up, rocks thrown through the glass and I don't know what all. Eventually, someone comes along and fixes it and puts the shoes back in place. It has had a lot of abuse. One time, someone took out all the shoes and replaced them with old beer cans, bottles and whiskey bottles. The shoes were all piled-up behind the display case. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
