Along the lonesome highway US90 west of Mafa, TX I see cars stopped and doing U-turns. People were running across the road. I slowed for the Artistic Prada Store sitting all by itself. I’ve been by this before so I stopped for my own photo.
My photo
Wikipedia offers the following;
“ Prada Marfa is a permanent sculptural art installation by artists Elmgreen and Dragset, located along U.S. Route 90 in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States, 1.4 miles (2.3 km) northwest of Valentine, and about 26 miles (42 km) northwest of Marfa (its namesake city).[1] The installation, in the form of a freestanding building—specifically a Prada storefront—was inaugurated on October 1, 2005. The artists described the work as a "pop architectural land artproject."[2]”
Google map capture above
Even now Google offers caution on slowed traffic
The fence around the building have love locks.
Although it says Mafa, this is Valentine, TX a few miles from more popular Mafo, where Mafa Lights is that I have written about before. People came to see strainer lights in the sky. I stayed there one night but didn’t see any strange lights.
I wouldn’t drive out of your way for Prada in Mafe but if your going by you can do the tourist thing like me.
Brent
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