Category Art

Marfa, Texas

We have zig zagged across the country enough now to see familiar places. There goes the gas station with prices so inflated that we risked running out of gas rather than indulge the gouging owners. There is the parking lot where I taped up Dodgy I's window when it rolled down for the last time and never quite rolled back up. And up ahead is Prada Marfa. This stop is intentional because what we didn't know at the time we passed Prada Marfa the fist time is that it is only the tip of the minimalist artistic iceberg floating alone in the East Texas desert known as Marfa.

Lexi Goforth
March 11, 2017

San Francisco: Back Where We Began

After wandering through the wilderness, we return to the city where we first launched this journey. This time, we are only visitors to San Francisco but that didn't mean we lacked plenty of old haunts and new destinations.

Lexi Goforth
February 6, 2017

Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art

I like art and I like the outdoors. Lets bring those hands together at the Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art.

Lexi Goforth
November 7, 2016

The Getty

I remember visiting the Getty Center around 2004 and being blown away by the gardens. Certainly, the collection of art works inside the Getty represent noteworthy landmarks in art history. Yet, the garden was such a beautiful and deliberate journey that I couldn't help but be drawn outside.

Lexi Goforth
June 4, 2016

Starr Kempf’s Kinetic Sculptures

Most people go to museums to experience professionally curated art. We rely on the road and serendipity to guide our experiences. Such was the case when we had an hour to kill in Colorado Springs and a general heading—one that took us near the house of the kinetic artist, Starr Kempf. While Kempf may be constructing etherial whirligigs beyond this mortal coil, several of his striking structures still grace the front yard of his former home.

Lexi Goforth
April 23, 2016

City Museum

Crawling through the winding passages of the museum can be a truly surreal experience—particularly when traveling through spiraling wire mesh, unsure where, or even if, you will get out.

Yes, we are back in St. Louis and this time, it's serious. We woke up at 5 am to arrive with enough time to explore the City Museum before it closed at 5PM. Oh, it was worth it.

Lexi Goforth
April 19, 2016

Prada Marfa

When one talks about "found art," I always thought of it as an action by the artist, not the observer.

Lexi Goforth
February 8, 2016

Noah Purifoy’s Outdoor Desert Art Museum

Noah Purifoy's Outdoor Desert Art Museum fills ten acres of "environmental statues" outside of Joshua Tree, California. Visitors wander down a dirt road to the yard of towering sculptures of found art. Toilets, bowling balls, hooks, rope, and scrap metal find their place in 3D collages and weird structures.

Lexi Goforth
January 10, 2016

Krblin Jihn Kabin

The Kabin may be part of the Kcymaerxthaere series of pieces by Eames Demetrios but it certainly stands on its own in drawing your attention into an alternate world. This dilapidated "Kabin" on the outskirts of a housing development in Joshua Tree, California feels as if we had crossed into an alternate timeline. The Krblin Jihn Kabin is a faux-historic preserve where religious dissidents were exiled. It is complete with explanatory panels and plaques outlining the historic context and traditions.

Lexi Goforth
January 10, 2016

Robolights

Robolights has been the continuing project of Kenny Irwin Jr. since 1986. What was intended as a dystopian Christmas display of robots and found objects has become a block spanning marvel for visitors any day of the year. We happened to come by in January and were not disappointed.

Lexi Goforth
January 9, 2016