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Cadillac Ranch is a public art installation and sculpture in Amarillo, Texas, US. It was created in 1974 by Chip Lord , Hudson Marquez and Doug Michels , who were a part of the art group Ant Farm .
Cadillac Ranch in May 2013. Ant Farm was an avant-garde architecture, graphic arts, and environmental design practice, founded in San Francisco in 1968 by Chip Lord and Doug Michels (1943-2003). Ant Farm's work often made use of popular icons in the United States, as a strategy to redefine the way those were conceived within the country's ...
"Cadillac Ranch" is a song written by Bruce Springsteen that was first released on Springsteen's 1980 album The River. In 1981 it was released as a single in Europe, backed by " Be True " in France and by " Wreck on the Highway " in the UK. [ 2 ]
The idea for Cadillac Ranch came as an invitation from Stanley Marsh. The Lord, Marquez, and Michels all grew up in the 1950s in America and were interested in the symbolic meaning of the Cadillac. The car represented a combination of 1950s Americana and a symbol of aspirations. This was in the context of the environmental movement and earth art.
Stanley Marsh 3 (January 31, 1938 – June 17, 2014) was an American artist, businessman, philanthropist, and prankster from Amarillo, Texas.He is perhaps best known for having been the sponsor of the Cadillac Ranch, an unusual public art installation off historic Route 66, now Interstate 40, west of Amarillo.
"Cadillac Ranch" is a song written by Chuck Jones and Chris Waters, and recorded by American country music artist Chris LeDoux. It was released in October 1992 as the second single from his album Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy .
Ant Farm's installation, Cadillac Ranch, remains an iconic sculpture in American popular culture. [10] In 1972, Michels and Lord collaborated with Houston architect Richard Jost on the House Of The Century, a futuristic concept of a home. [11] Ant Farm disbanded in 1978 when a fire destroyed their San Francisco studio. [1]
Leonard Maltin awarded the film two and a half stars. [1] Russell Smith of The Austin Chronicle awarded the film two stars out of five. [4]TV Guide gave the film a mixed to positive review: "On the other hand, Cadillac Ranch is rather more successful in its shallower goal to be a pure action comedy, benefiting from jaunty direction and appealing performances by the lead actresses."