GALLERIES
MARFA
Exhibitions 2d
Plein Air Bolton Landing, MIA MURATORI
To Fort Davis
Texas
37
17
Oak
18 14
11
7 28 3
30
ad
Railro
N orth
Not to Scale
Madrid
Bonnie
8
33
9
15 20
32 22
2 10
35
5/ BIG BEND COFFEE ROASTER'S
GALLERY
510 West San Antonio Street / 432.729.4503 /
www.bigbendcoffeeroasters.com
Hours: Monday-Friday 8AM to 3PM
6/ BLACKWELL SCHOOL ALLIANCE
A former segregated school that served Mexican-
American children from 1889 to 1965 in Marfa. A
dedicated group of former students turned the
original school house into a museum.
501 South Abbott Street /
www.theblackwellschool.org
Hours: Every Saturday 10AM to 4PM
31
El Paso
13
1
21 12
25
onio
an Ant 23
36 26 4
16 5 S
34
27
24
s
a
90
Dall 29 6 14
n
To El Paso Galvesto
19
Lincoln
14 BIG BEND GALLERIES AND ARTISTS / 2020
17
1 / ARBER & SON EDITIONS
128 E. El Paso St. / 432.729.3981 /
www.30x30cmproject.com
Tamarind Master Printer, Robert Arber has produced
limited edition lithographs and woodcuts for numerous
internationally known artists including Donald Judd, Bruce
Nauman, John Baldessari, Ilya Kabakov, Richard Prince, Al
Taylor and David Rabinowitch. Call for an appointment.
Court
House
No town in the Big Bend region distinguishes itself quite
like Marfa. With a population of just over 2000, Marfa's
eclectic energy far outweighs its size.
The Marfa mystique teases visitors before ever reaching the
city limits. Marfa Mystery Lights Viewing Area, just under 10
miles east of town is a great pre-entry point. Stop here to take
in the sweeping plateau that has inspired generations of
residents, from vaqueros and artisans to architects, each
offering a variation on the theme of minimalism that
permeates the plains. Stick around long enough for your eyes
to adjust to the inky nighttime skies, and you might see more
than a million glimmering stars. Perhaps you’ll glimpse the
mysterious flashing orbs that people have struggled to define
for decades.
In the 1950s, the small ranching community was home to
James Dean, Liz Taylor and Rock Hudson during filming of
Giant, Hollywood's epic movie about ranching and oil. The
town gained even more national attention in the 1970s with
the arrival of Donald Judd, a renowned contemporary
minimalist artist who was drawn to the sparse enormity of the
landscape. The Chinati Foundation, a contemporary art
museum based on the work and ideas of Judd, opened in
1986. Judd's established presence brought fellow art patrons
and minimalist pilgrims flocking to Marfa from every corner of
the earth. They pour into Marfa each October during Chinati
Weekend.
Over the years, the town has developed a unique ability to
bridge the space between incongruities. Here, the weathered
exteriors of a 1950s ranching town contain the whitewashed
interiors of fine contemporary art galleries. Here, a Texas-born-
and-raised cattle herder and a runaway art student dine at
adjacent tables in a restaurant that began in Manhattan.
Cowboy hats and skinny jeans inhabit the same spaces. And
somehow, out here, it makes sense.
Marfa offers a world-class collection of contemporary art
galleries, quirky and delicious food, and a landscape that can
change your life. Give in to the atmosphere, a mix of wind
swept longing and isolation plus a dose of retrofitted futuristic
inventiveness. For more information, go to VisitMarfa.com.
Marfa
90
To Alpine
67
To Presidio
2/ ASHLEY ROWE
213 South Dean Street / Monday - Saturday 10- 6 /
www.ashleyrowe.com
Ashley Rowe is a designer whose retail space brings
together the gallery, fashion and art. All design and
production for the line happens with a small team locally
in Marfa.
3 / AYN FOUNDATION (DAS MAXIMUM)
BRITE BLDG.
107-109 N. Highland Ave. / 432.729.3315 /
www.aynfoundation.com
Presenting “Last Supper” by Andy Warhol and
“September Eleven” by Maria Zerres. Open 12-5
Thursday and/or Friday and Saturday or by appointment.
4 / BALLROOM MARFA
108 E. San Antonio / 432.729.3600 /
www.ballroommarfa.org
Ballroom Marfa is a non-profit cultural space dedicated to
presenting leading and
cutting-edge artists working in the visual arts,
performance, film, and music. Ballroom Marfa seeks to
commission extraordinary work that is both site-specific
and siteinspired; to enable profound cultural happenings;
and to share the creative landscape of the Big Bend with a
diversity of musicians and artists. Open Wednesday -
Saturday 10am-6pm, Sunday 10am-3pm.
7 / BROTHERS FINE ART MARFA
208 W. Texas St. / 432.729.4327
christa@brothersartmarfa.com
Brothers Fine Art Marfa is located in an old original
Marfa adobe home. The gallery presents
contemporary art work from international, national,
and Marfa artists with an emphasis on supporting
creative spirits and on providing a welcoming
atmosphere. Open Wed-Sat 10-6, or just knock!
8 / CHINATI FOUNDATION
1 Cavalry Row / 432.729.4362 / www.chinati.org
Chinati is an internationally known contemporary art
museum founded by minimalist artist Donald Judd. It
exhibits large scale installations by a limited number of
artists on the grounds of Fort D.A. Russell and in buildings
in the town of Marfa. Chinati features paintings,
sculptures, poems, installations, drawings and other works
by renowned artists Donald Judd, John Chamberlain,
Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen, Dan Flavin, Ilya
Kabakov, Roni Horn and many more. Open Wednesday -
Sunday. Guided tours daily. Reservations recommended.
9/ CODY BARBER
203 East San Antonio / codybarber.work
Hours: Thu-Sun 12-6 PM or by appointment
10/ CRAIG VINCENT SCHOWENGERDT
108 E. El Paso Street / 917.757.0798 /
cvschowengerdt@gmail.com
Sculpture art in Lewis Saul Building.
Instagram: @cvssculpture. Call to view.