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August 27, 2009

the marfa series

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Gree­tings from Alpine, Texas. I left here two days ago, and flew to New York City from El Paso [a 220 mile drive to the air­port], in order to sign the the Ignore Every­body prints.
Yes, it was actually chea­per and easier to fly up there and sign them, than to ship them down here. Go figure.
After a few hours sig­ning them at the printer’s, I rushed off the Island of Manhat­tan yes­ter­day after­noon, to catch a flight back to El Paso via DFW.
I was in my bed at the hotel in El Paso by mid­night. Slept like a log. This mor­ning I went to buy some art sup­plies in down­town El Paso, had a bit of lunch at Rudy’s, then drove 220 miles back home to Alpine.
A quick visit, to say the least. “Wel­come To The Over-Extended Class” etc.
Among my purcha­ses this mor­ning was a big roll of can­vas. The plan is to make a series of large, 48“x48” [4 foot-by-4 foot] can­va­ses, i.e. exactly the same height, and one-half the width of desert­manhat­tan. The wee sketch above should give you an idea what I’m tal­king about.
I’m thin­king of calling these “The Marfa Series”, named after Marfa, the next town over from Alpine, 26 miles away. I drive there and back about three or four times a week; it’s one of my favo­rite dri­ves in the world. The drive ins­pi­red the idea for the the series in a SERIOUSLY big way.
Some will be cran­ked out in a cou­ple of days. Some will take a lot lon­ger, even a cou­ple of months. I have no idea where this is taking me, other than I think I’ll end up somewhere pretty inte­res­ting. Look for them for sale over on the gallery over the next few months or so, or feel free to e-mail me if you’re loo­king to com­mis­sion one. Thanks.
[Backs­tory: About Hugh. Twit­ter. News­let­ter. Book. Inter­view One. Inter­view Two. EVIL PLANS. Limi­ted Edi­tion Prints. Pri­vate Com­mis­sions. Cube Gre­na­des.]

Tags: gapingvoid gallery, Ignore Everybody, New York, Texas, The Marfa Series

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1. Mr. Twenty Twenty says:

   August 28, 2009 at 4:48 PM

   Hey Hugh,
   Rudy’s rocks!
   If I would have been local, I would have bought you break­fast, lunch and din­ner there.
   The loca­tions that are open for break­fast make the best break­fast taco’s.
   As always, love your work!
   Mr. Twenty Twenty
   That guy who chan­ged his name to the num­ber of per­fect vision because YOU living YOUR VISION matters!

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