Monday, November 22, 2010

Auto Art - Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder!

By Maureen Condon
Carhenge

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So, artists have created beauty -- or what, in some eyes, passes for it -- out of many unusual palettes of materials…automobiles included.

I’ve seen the real Stonehenge, and this automotive replica isn’t bad! What do you think?

Carhenge, located near Alliance, Nebraska, consists of dozens of old make and model cars half-buried, upright, in the ground, or welded to the tops of other cars.

Built by Artist Jim Reinders, it was dedicated at the June 1987 summer solstice. In 2006, a visitor center was constructed to service the site.


Carhenge - Does anyone think they can use this configuration to tell the time of day?

The field around Carhenge is a car art reserve.

Notable art objects include: a car-part dinosaur; a pioneer's covered station wagon; “The Four Seasons” – this one is really a stretch; and a half-buried Yugo “gravestone,” proclaiming the death of the foreign car in America.

They got that wrong!




Dinosaur Power? A takeoff on cars and horsepower?


The Pioneers wouldn't have gone too far in this Covered Wagon! Way too easy to break an axle!



The Four Seasons - But which car for which season? OK, White for Winter. Yellow for Fall - think Aspen leaves? Maybe Pink for Spring, and Green for summer or vice versa? You guess!



Yugo Gravestone

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