​​​​​​​Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport

Flight of Phoenix​​​

​ARTIST:    David Joyce
DATE:   2000
LOCATION:  PHX Terminal 4, Ticketing Level, North East End
TYPE:   Airport
MATERIALS:   Porcelain on Steel
BUDGET:   $35,000
DISTRICT:   8
ZIP CODE:   ​85034

Joyce conceived his mural as a place for visitors and locals to meet.  Forty-three of the more than 200 images he shot during a Phoenix photo session were produced as hand-colored, photo-porcelain cutouts on steel.  The mural plays with everyone's fantasy of being able to fly.​