7th
Avenue Streetscape Demonstration Project
Series 1 - Artists
SERIES 1 - ARTISTS
The first collection of works in the
7th Avenue Streetscape Panels opened May 7, 2004 and featured
two works each from three Arizona artists:
Quetzal Guerrero,
Elizabeth Pfeiffer and Erin
Sotak.
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QUETZAL
GUERRERO
Phoenix native Quetzal Guerrero graduated from
New School from the Arts in Scottsdale, Arizona. His paintings
mesh portraiture and urban realism with Meso American motifs
and symbolism. To contact Quetzal about his work, visit
www.qviolin.com
 ELECTRIC
PRAYERS, 33" x 47" - acrylic &mixed media on wood,
2004
"I superimpose the ancient over the contemporary in order
to express images and metaphors that transcend space and time."
TALKING TO THE STARS,
33"x 47" - acrylic & mixed media on wood, 2004
"It is important that we not forget
our roots and history in this beautiful valley, as well as the
lands and people of the Southwest."
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ELIZABETH PFEIFFER
Elizabeth Pfeiffer is an award-winning watercolorist
and member of the Sonoran Arts League. To contact Elizabeth
about her work, e-mail epdesigns@aol.com
SEVENTH AVENUE STREETSCAPE, 22"x30"
- watercolor on paper, 2004
Many parts and pieces of architecture
and signs from the Seventh Avenue business area are rearranged
here into a new urban design, reflecting the impressions of
the people passing through this busy traffic artery each day.
LUNCH AT ELEVEN, 22" x 30" - watercolor on paper,
2004
This work reflects a patio restaurant scene where people have
gathered to enjoy each other's company, good food and the wonderful
weather in Phoenix, among the hot colors, tile roofs, and plantings
typical to the flavor of the city.
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ERIN SOTAK
Erin V. Sotak holds a B.F.A. in
photography from the University of Arizona and a M.F.A. in photography
from San Jose State University. Her performance and installation
works incorporate a variety of other media. To contact
Erin about her work, e-mail crownmonkey@hotmail.com
ICARUS DREAMS, C-print from installation,
2004
In Greek mythology, Icarus fashioned a pair of wings from feathers
and wax in order to escape from captivity. But in his
youthful folly, he flew too close to the sun, which melted the
wax, plummeting him to the ground. This work plays on
notions of dreams: those that haunt and delight us while we
sleep but melt with the dawn, and those that inspire us with
the hope and promise of possibilities to come.
 GROUND,
C-print from installation, 2004
ground 1 - n. 1. the surface of the earth, v. 4. to prevent
from flying
ground 2 - v. p.t. & p.p. of
grind 1. to reduce to fine particles, 2. to pulverize
A work table holds thousands
of hand-built porcelain teeth, which are fed through a grist
mill, then brushed into a drawer, leaving fine particles of
dust behind.
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