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[upbeat rock music] - you know, if you talk about life-changing events in any neighborhood, it's when the artists show up. - when my father donald judd came to marfa in the early '70s, it was a ranching community and an old railroad town. - the legend is, of course, that he looked at a map and was looking to the least populated area of america and came out here. is that true? - yeah, that is. i mean, he did a lot of looking for places that had very few people, and very few trees and lots of space. he had been working hard for so long. and i think coming out to marfa was this reward. [smooth mu...

>> anthony: you know, if you talk about life-changing events in any neighborhood, it's when the artists show up. ♪ >> rainer: when my father, donald judd, came to marfa in the early '70s, it was a ranching community and an old railroad town. >> anthony: the legend is, of course, that he looked at a map and was looking for the least populated area of america, and came out here. is that true? >> rainer: yeah. it is. i mean, he did a lot of looking for places that had very few people and very few trees and lots of space. he had been working hard for so long, and i think coming out to marfa was ...

♪ >> rainer: when my father, donald judd, came to marfa in the early '70s, it was a ranching community and an old railroad town. >> anthony: the legend is, of course, that he looked at a map and was looking for the least populated area of america, and came out here. is that true? >> rainer: yeah. it is. i mean, he did a lot of looking for places that had very few people and very few trees and lots of space. he had been working hard for so long, and i think coming out to marfa was this reward. ♪ >> anthony: your dad was a giant of the art world in new york with an enduring, huge legacy.

>> anthony: you know, if you talk about life-changing events in any neighborhood, it's when the artists show up. ♪ >> rainer: when my father, donald judd, came to marfa in the early '70s, it was a ranching community and an old railroad town. >> anthony: the legend is, of course, that he looked at a map and was looking for the least populated area of america, and came out here. is that true? >> rainer: yeah. it is. i mean, he did a lot of looking for places that had very few people and very few trees and lots of space. he had been working hard for so long, and i think coming out to marfa was ...