Overview
Cadillac Ranch is a roadside art installation of ten Cadillac cars buried nose-first in a field west of Amarillo. Visitors are encouraged to add their own spray paint, so its appearance changes constantly.
History
The work was created in 1974 by the art collective Ant Farm (Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez and Doug Michels), with backing from the Amarillo businessman Stanley Marsh 3. The cars, models from 1949 to 1963, trace the rise and fall of the Cadillac tailfin. In 1997 the installation was moved about two miles west, away from the growing city.
Today
Cadillac Ranch is free to visit and is one of the best-known stops on the old Route 66 corridor.
Sources
- Texas Monthly: forty years of the Cadillac Ranchtexasmonthly.com
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