Cadillac Ranch, Installation artwork in Amarillo, United States.
Cadillac Ranch is an installation made from ten Cadillac models half-buried in the ground beside Interstate 40 near Amarillo in the United States. The vehicles stand in a row and display different model years from the late forties to the early sixties.
The art group Ant Farm built the installation in 1974 as a comment on American automobile culture in a wheat field west of the city. The sculpture was moved to its present location in 1997 to make room for urban development.
The upright cars carry layers of visitor graffiti accumulated over years, creating a canvas that shifts constantly. Each person adds their own message or artwork to the metal surfaces, turning the automobiles into a collective piece shaped by thousands of hands.
Access is through a short walk from the Interstate 40 frontage road, and the site can be visited any time without admission. Visitors who bring their own spray cans are welcome to leave their mark on the car bodies.
The vehicles stand at the same angle as the pyramids of Giza, creating an unexpected geometric link between ancient and modern engineering. This tilt was chosen deliberately and gives the row a particular spatial effect.
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