Cadillac Ranch
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| - | '''''Cadillac Ranch''''' is a public [[art installation]] and sculpture in [[Amarillo, Texas]], [[United States|U.S.]] It was created in 1974 by [[Chip Lord]], [[Hudson Marquez]] and Doug Michels, who were a part of the art group [[Ant Farm (group)|Ant Farm]]. It consists of what were (when originally installed during 1974) either older running used or junk [[Cadillac (automobile)|Cadillac]] automobiles, representing a number of evolutions of the car line (most notably the birth and death of the defining feature of mid twentieth century Cadillacs; the [[Car tailfin|tailfins]]) from 1949 to 1963, half-buried nose-first in the ground, at an angle corresponding to that of the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]] in [[Egypt]].==See also== | + | '''''Cadillac Ranch''''' is a public [[art installation]] and sculpture in [[Amarillo, Texas]], [[United States|U.S.]] It was created in 1974 by [[Chip Lord]], [[Hudson Marquez]] and Doug Michels, who were a part of the art group [[Ant Farm (group)|Ant Farm]]. It consists of what were (when originally installed during [[1974]]) either older running used or [[junk]] [[Cadillac (automobile)|Cadillac]] automobiles, representing a number of evolutions of the car line (most notably the birth and death of the defining feature of mid twentieth century Cadillacs; the [[Car tailfin|tailfins]]) from 1949 to 1963, half-buried nose-first in the ground, at an angle corresponding to that of the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]] in [[Egypt]]. |
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| + | * [[U.S. Route 66]] | ||
| * ''[[Carhenge]]'' | * ''[[Carhenge]]'' | ||
| * [[Spindle (sculpture)|''Spindle'' (sculpture)]] | * [[Spindle (sculpture)|''Spindle'' (sculpture)]] | ||
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Cadillac Ranch is a public art installation and sculpture in Amarillo, Texas, U.S. It was created in 1974 by Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez and Doug Michels, who were a part of the art group Ant Farm. It consists of what were (when originally installed during 1974) either older running used or junk Cadillac automobiles, representing a number of evolutions of the car line (most notably the birth and death of the defining feature of mid twentieth century Cadillacs; the tailfins) from 1949 to 1963, half-buried nose-first in the ground, at an angle corresponding to that of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt.
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