Artist: B Spiderman
The concept behind the piece is about the Phoenix heat and how it affects everything down to inanimate objects. Some people look at the heat as a bad thing, but in order to make this piece I had to use over 2000 degrees of heat so I benefited from it. Going off the old saying my friend told me "you don't know your good luck from your bad luck," the heat can be a blessing in disguise.
The countdown to Best of Phoenix continues! Last year, we profiled 100 Creatives who made a mark on the local arts scene. This year, we'll have 100 creative representations of Phoenix. No scope or requirement on medium or size -- we'll include photography, painting, sculpture, video, installation, literary, and more. What do you see when you Imagine PHX?
100:
Steven Revering's Westward Ho99:
Jon Ashcroft's Suspended in Geography
98:
William LeGoullon's Table97.
Jason Hill's Phoenix Financial Center95: Allison Elliott's Walls of Downtown Phoenix
94. Fausto Fernandez's Grid City
93. Chikara Kakizawa's Ship Out of Water
92: Dayvid LeMmon's Process / Gentrification
89.
Arnold Guerrero's Camelback Mountain88.
Sean Deckert's Ginae vs. the 12th Street Gang87.
Pete Petrisko's Admiral of Phoenix86.
Quincy Ross' Lone Skyscraper85.
Andrew Armstrong's Illustrated Cityscape84.
Thomas Schultz's Phoenix Artifact83.
Adrian Lesoing's N. Evergreen82.
Suzanne Falk's Kon Tiki Hotel81.
Lindz Lew's Bon Voyeur80.
Kevin Patterson's Phoenix Swamp Beast79.
Ramy Sidarous' Three Windows78.
Will Mejia's Orpheum Theatre77.
Steve Weiss' Portrait of Louis Lee76.
Larry Willis' Apparition on East McDowell75.
Claire Warden's Untitled No. 374.
Randy Zucker's Dancing Saguaro73.
Robert Brandan Martinez's Medical Cannabis Tax Stamp72.
Edward Jensen's Phoenix Financial Center70.
Mark Dudlik's Phoenix Rebound66.
Eric Iwersen's The Saguaros Have Been Here the Longest61. A Military Parade in Phoenix (c. 1888)
58. Brad Armstrong's Phoenix Carnival
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Have a suggestion for a Phoenix icon by a local creative? Leave it in the comments section or email Claire.Lawton@newtimes.com