Ten graffiti-covered Cadillacs with their noses buried deep in the ground and their rear bumpers pointing skyward grace the dry landscape near Amarillo, off Route 66 in Texas. Looking like something crossed between a wreckers yard and a sculpture park, the so-called Cadillac Ranch is that rare thing – an art installation that actually invites visitors to deface it. That’s right. They don’t mind. Really.
You can bring your own spray cans, stencils or even decorators paintbrushes, get cracking on the rusty carcasses and take photos to prove you ‘wuz ere’. And then you can justifiably boast your artwork is on public display in the States.
The sculpture was built in 1974 on the behest of the local landowner, a helium millionaire, and is supposedly angled to face west at the exact same angle as the Cheops’ pyramids of Egypt.
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