This vertical, divided mural on a new residential building downtown is fairly unique as many buildings typically feature horizontal artwork. The Atari ad in the foreground is for a new hotel 🏨 which will also be upcoming downtown. Apparently, it will combine “culture, play, and immersion all in one place” according to the website invest.atarihotels.com. It will be interesting to see how this new flagship hotel 🏨 integrates with the downtown arts scene.
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It’s encouraging that downtown Phoenix is always evolving with new construction and I’m liking the trend of murals appearing more on the exteriors of high-rise buildings than has previously been the case. Much contemporary construction, whether it be apartments buildings, condominiums, hotels, or office towers have a tendency to be bland without features that sharply distinguish one structure from another. I enjoy how some of these buildings are getting jazzed up and beginning to stand out in the crowd.
Another fun sight I’ve seen recently includes this globe (shown below) from outside the Arizona Center in the plaza.
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There is something else that I’ve been thinking 🤔 about quite a bit while preparing this post. With all of the various artistic creations popping up around the Phoenix area in recent years, is how can they be protected from sun damage? After research I found out that a product called Mural Shield UV Coatings should be applied to protect paintings from cracking, fading, and peeling damage. Nothing can be expected to survive seven months of withering sun during late spring and summer in Arizona without some kind of protection.
In the event that an artwork is made of a metal like steel or bronze, the best protective coating called Microcrystalline Wax to slow down corrosion or blemishing. After all, no man-made materials can resist the sun’s onslaught indefinitely and I thought these tidbits of information would be invaluable for anyone wanting to contribute to Arizona’s outdoor art spaces or “Artscapes” as I like to call them. 😃 😃
