It is as if they sprung up from nowhere. Unnatural bright colors in unnatural formations framed by the natural vastness of Nevada. You can see them from the freeway. You almost can’t not see them.
Ten miles south of Las Vegas, in that stretch of nothingness between there and LA, is an art installation only planned to be there 2 years. It opened May 2016 and is now more than half way over.
It is worth a trip to nowhere.
It was built by the Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone with a commission from the Nevada Museum of Art. I like it more than I like Vegas.
Which isn’t saying much thanks to how I feel about Vegas, which was kind of the artist’s point.
The installation, called the Seven Magic Mountains, is a human construction in a completely unnatural place for no other reason than human entertainment.
It is a pile of rocks and I think it has ten times more meaning than Vegas.
Brohammas 