The Chinati Foundation

We stayed 3 nights in Marfa, which gave us quite a lot of time to explore all what the village has on offer.  Apart from Marfa lights, people come to see the contemporary minimalist artwork collection kept on the grounds of Chinati Foundation. This foundation was formed by Donald Judd, a world-renowned artist, who sought clarity and interaction with the environment in his artwork. Donald once said that "art is made as one lives. It must be as decisive as acts in life..." (1983) and by looking at his pieces one can see that obeying the rules of geometry and the tasteful location of his objects into the environment was the key to his success. Donald liked to play with light - or rather - let the sun light work the way through his artwork and give it new distinctive identity as day goes by.

Here are some of the pieces that we have seen. The first picture (not mine) is from "100 in mill aluminum" exhibition that shows 52 pieces in the north shed and 48 pieces in the south shed. Each piece is of the same size but it has a different structure inside. It`s a basic concept, but it works really well if you have the space to put it in.

This is a picture of the north shed with aluminum pieces inside. 

However, we had the most fun with Danald`s  pieces on a meadow just below the sheds. These were massive concrete cubes that allowed us to go in and out and be part of this massive geometry project, and .... pretend to be models.

As a part of a whole day tour we also saw an exhaustive amount of Dan Flavin`s artwork, who based its art on light instillation and experimentation. He managed to fill 6 former army barracks with relatively few, but powerful pieces. The trouble was that they seemed all the same at the end... Apart from the light artwork, there was just a bare room in each of the barracks.