artist in residence show

Bill Saylor: working to blur the line between art, trash art, and trash. I think the trash was winning.

The intern reactions to the show.

to marfa

driving in west texas

I had to drive to El Paso this morning, a fellow intern and a friend of the museum director were leaving and it was my turn to drive. El Paso is about three hours from Marfa, and while its a stunning scenic drive, it can be epically boring when no one talks and all the radio picks up is fuzzy mexican music. Luckily, I knew where the Chick-fila was located in El Paso [basically the only one in west texas], and that was my sole motivation to get them to the airport as fast as possible and make it in time to still get breakfast. At least fast food was available when I was studying abroad in Prague if we wanted it [and we wanted it alot], but Marfa only has a Dairy Queen and that just doesn't cut it for me.

On the return trip, I was able to stop a number of times and take a few photographs, including the Prada Marfa installation outside of Valentine, TX. It really is as desolately located as it appears. I personally like the security camera on the facade, as if its capable of preventing someone from breaking in and stealing what look to be real Prada merchandise. Unfortunately, I think the store only has the left shoe available for each style displayed.