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In 1973, the artist collective Ant Farm was invited to create a work on the Texas panhandle ranch of Stanley Marsh. Standing off Route 66 in Amarillo, the work comprises ten Cadillacs, made between 1949 and 1964, half-buried nose-down to show the evolution of the tailfin. The video documents the digging of the holes and semiburial of the cars with cuts of Cadillac commercials. As a Texas-born and raised group, Ant Farm can trace its roots to the mythologies that inform Texas's history, landscape, and people.
Adapted from
- Charles Wylie, Unpublished DMA material, 2005.
- Michael Rush, "Once Underground, Ant Farm Burrows Out," New York Times Sunday January 25, 2004, p. 29.
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Image used for identification purposes is from the University of Utah website until DMA image can be accessed.
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General Description
In 1973, the artist collective Ant Farm was invited to create a work on the Texas panhandle ranch of Stanley Marsh. Standing off Route 66 in Amarillo, the work comprises ten Cadillacs, made between 1949 and 1964, half-buried nose-down to show the evolution of the tailfin. The video documents the digging of the holes and semiburial of the cars with cuts of Cadillac commercials. As a Texas-born and raised group, Ant Farm can trace its roots to the mythologies that inform Texas's history, landscape, and people.
Adapted from
- Charles Wylie, Unpublished DMA material, 2005.
- Michael Rush, "Once Underground, Ant Farm Burrows Out," New York Times Sunday January 25, 2004, p. 29.
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Notes
Image used for identification purposes is from the University of Utah website until DMA image can be accessed.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
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PROVENANCE
2005: Dallas Museum of Art, Laura and Walter Elcock Contemporary Art Fund, purchased from Video Data Bank, Chicago
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