Prada Marfa, a disarmingly realistic art project plunked beside an isolated West Texas highway, has attracted and confused people since it launched eight years ago. Can I buy shoes there? (No.) Are those purses real? (Kinda.) Why is this here? (It's art.) Created by two German artists with the blessing of Miuccia Prada, the installation--about 30 miles outside the creative haven of Marfa--is a comment on the transience of, well, everything: over time, the biodegradable building will disintegrate into the scrub. The end may come even sooner. A 40-ft.-high, neon-lit bunny installed by Playboy prompted the state to declare both structures...
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