The Art Collection At Park Towne Place
The Art Collection at
Park Towne Place Museum District Residences 2200 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19130 215-282-3443 parktowneapthomes.com
The Art Collection at Park Towne Place Museum District Residences are uniquely situated on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway among the City of Philadelphia’s most cherished art and cultural institutions. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the complex is believed to be the first mid-century modern multifamily community to achieve this status. The vision for the community is to fully integrate Park Towne Place into the fabric of the Parkway – providing a unique art experience for residents and visitors alike. The goal of our permanent art collection is to be exciting, interesting, and vibrant. Each piece was carefully selected from among hundreds of submissions by local and national artists and each has a story highlighted in this catalogue. We invite visitors to experience the art and design vibe that distinguishes Park Towne Place. Our residents are enjoying the rare opportunity of living in a gallery – an ever-changing home whose environment promotes inspiration, creativity, and joy.
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The Art of Living at Park Towne Place...
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South Tower ARTIST INDEX DeBerardinis, Rosetta Ford, Steven Frank, JoAnn Geci, John Godley, Lyn Graf, Lisa Henderson, Mary Ingersoll, Patricia Keith, Jeffrey David, Kelso Kraemmer, Fred Mabry, Lauren Martiny, Donald Morrison-Hall, Gail Muller, Warren Roese, Thomas Wallacavage, Adam
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ROSETTA DEBERARDINIS Washington, DC Tossin and Turning, 2007
Acrylic, tempera, and enamel South Tower Elevator Lobby
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Rosetta DeBerardinis is an artist working in the tradition of mid-century abstract expressionism and action painting. Interested primarily in the purity of movement and mark-making, her work is immediate and direct. Interlocking layers of color combine to convey a sense of exuberance and creative expression.
STEVEN FORD Philadelphia, PA
Untitled (M0925E) , 2012
Linocut, collagraph and collage
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Steven Ford’s geometric paintings layer color upon color through the use of linocut blocks and collagraph plates. His bold and colorful paintings and prints are widely celebrated for their shared sense of both clarity and complexity.
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JOANN FRANK New York, NY The Boneyard, 1984
Photograms, silver-gelatin
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JOHN GECI Bakersville, NC
Lecca Lecca, 2016
Hand blown glass
South Tower Vitrine Italian for “lollipop”, John Geci’s Lecca Lecca vases are delightfully simple. The brilliantly colored vessels are made of hand blown glass. When placed in a group, there is a pleasant interplay between the intense hues of the translucent vases.
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JoAnn Frank reworks the familiar into a new context, a new illusion or fantasy, a new reality. The borders are overlapped and open to unexpected interferences that burst through the images as they would through one’s dreams or psyche.
LYN GODLEY Philadelphia, PA Water Wall, 2013
Digital print, charcoal, fiber optic lighting South Tower
South Tower Corridor
Lyn Godley makes use of naturally occurring responses to particular light wavelengths and imagery. Water Wall features photographs of water taken along the Bermuda coast which are altered digitally and by hand, threaded with optic fiber, and lit with LEDs to achieve an undulating effect. The piece is meant to inspire calm in the viewer, and is part of a larger investigation into the connection between healthcare and art.
LISA GRAF Medford, MA Ceramic Vessel: Vase I, 2010
Glazed ceramic
South Tower Vitrine Ceramic Vessel: Vase II, 2010
Glazed ceramic
South Tower Vitrine Lisa Graf places the emphasis on form over function in her handcrafted ceramics. It is not immediately evident that her pieces have a practical use. They can be enjoyed purely for their free-flowing, organic form.
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MARY HENDERSON Philadelphia, PA
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Performance, 2015
Gouache and acrylic on paper South Tower Leasing Office
Mary Henderson’s work deals with themes of social class, interpersonal connections, group identity and the public/ private self. Inspired by personal and family history, as well as by broader social phenomena, her paintings frequently depict their subjects at unguarded moments of vulnerability, reflection or preoccupation.
PATRICIA INGERSOLL Philadelphia, PA Breezes, 2009
Acrylic on paper
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The Pond Sienna, 2009 Acrylic on paper
South Tower Leasing Office Patricia Ingersoll’s paintings merge organic and geometric elements. Through a process of observing and deconstructing natural imagery, Ingersoll arrives at abstracted forms such as a sequence of grids, overlapping lines, and bold colors.
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JEFFREY KEITH Denver, CO
4th of July, 2015 Oil on canvas
South Tower Lobby Using rich brush strokes and sweeping gesture, Jeffrey Keith creates densely layered abstract environments that are intended to convey mood and provoke an emotional response in the viewer.
DAVID KELSO Oakland, CA Float, 1993
Color hard and soft ground aquatint, engraving and burnishing South Tower Leasing Office Blossom , 2009
Hard and soft ground etching, aquatint, engraving and burnishing edition of 20
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David Kelso has been using the same copper plates for each of his editions since 1981, subtractively reworking them through scraping and burnishing, while simultaneously introducing new elements. This unique method has led to abstract gestural elements that examine the sequential nature of art making.
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FRED KRAEMMER St. Paul, MN Sandblasted Cane Trio, 2015 Hand blown glass
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Through the colorful semi-transparent surface, an intricate nest-like structure can be seen inside of each vessel. The chaotic and beautiful nest is created through a process that combines control and serendipity.
LAUREN MABRY Philadelphia, PA
Composition of Enclosed Cylinders, 2013 Red earthenware, slips, and glaze South Tower Vitrine
Lauren Mabry’s cylindrical ceramic forms are like three-dimensional paintings. They are steeped in gorgeous detail, with a full range of expressive mark-making and painterly application of colorful glazes. Vibrant, gestural, and captivating, her work should be viewed from multiple vantage points.
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DONALD MARTINY Chapel Hill, NC Skepi, 2015
Polymer and dispersed pigment on aluminum
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Rooted in the abstract expressionist tradition, Donald Martiny takes the artist’s gesture as the central focus of his work. By eliminating canvas and context, a single movement of paint can be appreciated as an object on its own. The work is a reflection on the act of painting, and calls into question what a painting can be.
GAIL MORRISON-HALL Philadelphia, PA Flowers in the Snow, 2012
Acrylic on canvas
South Tower Corridor
Gail Morrison-Hall’s artwork is an exploration into a personal abstract expressionist vocabulary. Her paintings explore different color palettes and textures to create bold, free-flowing compositions. Like many of her works, Flowers in the Snow was inspired by brilliant flora seen during Morrison-Hall’s travels.
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WARREN MULLER Philadelphia, PA
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YB Blue, 2015
Light sculpture
South Tower Leasing Office Warren Muller sculpts art and light out of the familiar. Bottles, pipes, dishware, bicycles, old machinery, and hubcaps build nostalgia and compassion from the beauty and opportunity hidden in forgotten objects.
THOMAS ROESE Cleveland, OH At Work, 2013
Graphite and acrylic on museum board
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Tom Roese’s photorealistic work closely examines the gritty urban landscapes of his native city of Cleveland. The meticulous renderings of architecture explore the visual relationship between pattern, texture, light, and space.
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ADAM WALLACAVAGE Philadelphia, PA
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White Dixie Larue Painted Red, 2015 Mixed media, epoxy resin, coated plaster and lamp parts
Baroque flourishes, Jules Verne tales, and costumery twist their way into tentacular chandeliers. Traditional ornamental plastering techniques provide the foundation for pigmented epoxy resins, lustrous powders, and glitters. The resulting works playfully allude to traditional concepts of decadence, while remaining uniquely contemporary.
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Towne Center ARTIST INDEX Abrams, Elyce 16 Arnosky, Robert Baguskas, Ian 17 Broad, Kevin Bevington-Glover, 18 Mariette De Coriolis Brooke, Peter 19 Celestian, Linda Coalson, Nat 20 DeBerardinis, Rosetta Delaney, Robert 21 Eckel, Jonathan Ford, Steven 22 Forsythe, Donald Fox, Franz 23 Fraser, Katherine French, Samantha 24 Gelles, Judy Keith, Jeffrey 25 Kishita, Michele C. Lavins, Marilyn 26 Lependorf, Shelly I. Lependorf, Shelly I. & Shire, Stan 27 Matthews, Craig McFarlane, Tim 28 Merckle, Heather
Mills, Claudia Mueller, Franco Mutchler, Leslie Orr, Amy Petrovich-Cheney, Laura Ruiz, Emily Manalo Rumford, Ron Saint Peter, Anne Savage, Caroline Elizabeth Shaver, Kathleen Schultz, Rebecca Teskey, Donald Tileston, Jackie Ujiie, Heather Velasquez, Derrick Walker, Jay Wolf, Ruth
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ELYCE ABRAMS Philadelphia, PA Installation of 16” x 16” paintings, 2011-13
Acrylic on panel
Grouping of 12 in Towne Center Lower Level Installation of 16” x 16” paintings, 2011-13
Acrylic on panel Towne Center
Grouping of 4 in Towne Center Oar Pub
The geometric paintings of Elyce Abrams simultaneously display a sense of restraint and exuberance. Balance is achieved between the clean lines and shapes and an expressive painterliness. The display of multiple pieces in a grid further conveys a sense of order and freedom.
ROBERT ARNOSKY Philadelphia, PA Charlie’s , 2012
Acrylic on panel
Towne Center Lower Level Business Lounge Robert Arnosky paints scenes of every day life and ordinary people. Working in a highly realistic manner, Arnosky’s body of work has faithfully documented life in Philadelphia for over 30 years.
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IAN BAGUSKAS New York, NY Cave Sutro Baths, California , 2006
Cromira C-Print
Towne Center Lower Level Business Lounge
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From the series Search for the American Landscape, this photograph represents the desire to see the legendary landscape of the American West in its natural state. Discovering the difficulty of finding a scene untarnished by modern billboards and developments, Ian Baguskas instead documented these changes as representative of contemporary life.
KEVIN BROAD Philadelphia, PA
Glimmer, 2014
Garden Pond, 2015
Stars, 2014
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Metal process dye on silk
Metal process dye on silk
Kevin Broad takes inspiration from the local landscape and translates it into painting in the purest form. The forms of color and light convey a natural beauty, while remaining entirely abstract. Broad’s experimental use of materials adds to the vibrant feeling of energy and spontaneity.
Metal process dye on silk
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MARIETTE DE CORIOLIS BEVINGTON-GLOVER Yonkers, NY
Untitled 1, 1959
Stained glass mosaic
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Untitled 2, 1959
Stained glass mosaic
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Untitled 3, 1959
Stained glass mosaic
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Mariette De Coriolis Bevington-Glover was an award winning artist and designer. Her style was influenced by the mid-century modern aesthetic. Primarily known for her work in stained glass, Bevington-Glover was also a jeweler, a metalsmith, and has produced many drawings and paintings. From the 1950’s to the late 1980’s, her studio was located in Yonkers, NY. Dated 1959, these stained glass mosaics were likely original to Park Towne Place. The scale of the panels and the abstract geometric design reflect the modernist sensibilities of the time and complement the architecture of Park Towne Place. They were rediscovered during the building renovations in 2017 and have been restored and lit.
PETER BROOKE South Royalton, VT Strafford, 2013 Oil on paper
Towne Center Resident Relations Describing his paintings as “somewhere between reality, dream, and personal myth,� Peter Brooke uses landscape as a lens through which to examine the fleeting nature and subjectivity of the human experience.
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LINDA CELESTIAN Wilmington, DE Fungi Series, 2015
Silk, wool, dye, nylon thread, wire, acrylic paint, and linen
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Drawing inspiration from the natural world, Linda Celestian uses hand-dyed fabric and fiber to mimic organic forms and structures. Her sculptures tend towards abstraction, yet are still based upon observation and reverence for nature.
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NAT COALSON Conifer, CO Surfcomber, 2015
Direct print to aluminum
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Nat Coalson’s abstract work begin as photographs and are either altered digitally or embellished physically in order to be transformed. Not intended to be recognizable, the image is meant to be enjoyed for the color and textures.
ROSETTA DEBERARDINIS Washington, D.C. Big Foot, 2006
Acrylic, tempera, and enamel
Towne Center Lower Level
Rosetta DeBerardinis is an artist working in the tradition of mid-century abstract expressionism and action painting. Interested primarily in the purity of movement and mark-making, her work is immediate and direct. Interlocking layers of color combine to convey a sense of exuberance and creative expression.
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ROBERT DELANEY Denver, CO Cosmo, 2015
Powder-coated, aircraft-grade aluminum
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Playful and gracefully balanced, Robert Delaney’s sculptures suspend color and shapes in the air like a drawing in space reminiscent of Alexander Calder’s mobiles, Delaney’s sculptures are kinetic, providing an ever-changing arrangement of movement and form. Towne Center
JONATHAN ECKEL Philadelphia, PA Origin, 2015
Acrylic on paper
Towne Center Oar Pub Watch Tower, 2015
Acrylic on paper
Towne Center Corridor Painting intuitively, the process of creating becomes the subject matter in Jonathan Eckel’s work. The image that emerges from the process is rhythmic and abstract, rooted in the ritual and craft of painting.
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STEVEN FORD Philadelphia, PA Untitled (O0805G), 2014 Linocut, collagraph, and collage
Towne Center Corridor
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Steven Ford’s geometric paintings layer color upon color through the use of linocut blocks and collagraph plates. His bold and colorful paintings and prints are widely celebrated for their shared sense of both clarity and complexity.
DONALD FORSYTHE Grantham, PA
Time and Memory, 2013 Collage
Towne Center Lower Level Business Lounge Conference Room The picture plane of Donald Forsythe’s collage is made up of distinct blocks and sections, incorporating natural imagery with geometric forms. Despite the contrasting elements, a sense of overall harmony is achieved.
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FRANZ FOX Lancaster, PA Black and White, 2012
Mixed media
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KATHERINE FRASER Philadelphia, PA Only Child, 2014
Oil on canvas
Towne Center Lower Level Corridor to Pool Deck Katherine Fraser’s paintings depict insightful moments of solitude. Rather than being isolating, these images serve to unite the viewer and the figure depicted through a relatable experience.
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Franz Fox’s paintings give priority to the process of painting, embracing impulse and expression rather than a fidelity to reality. His interest in African and Aboriginal art informs his figurative abstraction and can draw a comparison to early modernists such as Joan Miro.
SAMANTHA FRENCH New York, NY Above and Below, 2015
Archival inkjet print on paper
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Emerge Clear Waters, 2015
Archival inkjet print on paper
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Perfect Silence, 2015
Archival inkjet print on paper
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Samantha French’s work recalls the carefree fun of childhood summers. She depicts scenes inspired by her experiences swimming in a pool. The delightfully realistic rendering of distortions created by water adds to a sense of exuberance and enjoyment.
JUDY GELLES Philadelphia, PA Sunrise Sunset #54, 2015
Archival pigment print
Towne Center Lower Level Corridor This piece is a part of the Sunrise Sunset series by Judy Gelles depicting colorfully painted beach huts in the U.K. A simple shed with no electricity, water, or any features at all other than proximity to sand and water, beach huts are immensely prized possessions. Only locals are allowed to acquire them and they stay in families for generations.
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JEFFREY KEITH Denver, CO
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BELUGA, 2015
Digital fabric print on aluminum frame with internalized LED lighting
Towne Center Entry
Jeffrey Keith’s rich color fields and layered abstract environments are intended to convey mood and provoke an emotional response in the viewer. Departing from traditional materials, the softly glowing BELUGA can be appreciated as a new experience, while remaining familiarly close to a painting.
MICHELE C. KISHITA Philadelphia, PA Evening on the River, 2017
Latex on birch panel
Towne Center Conference Room Michele C. Kishita investigates correlations between the landscape and the wood grain of her painting surfaces, expressing the fluid resonances between seemingly disparate elements.
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MARILYN LAVINS Philadelphia, PA 7032 Boathouse , 2014 Acrylic on plexiglass
Towne Center Oar Pub
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Marilyn Lavins presents an artistic rendering of Boathouse Row, an iconic Philadelphia scene. Having studied at the Barnes Foundation, her work is informed by such artists as Cezanne and Matisse, as can be seen in her use of vivid color and application of paint.
SHELLY I. LEPENDORF Philadelphia, PA Untitled I
Archival pigment print
Towne Center Lower Level Business Lounge Conference Room Untitled II
Archival pigment print
Towne Center Lower Level Business Lounge Conference Room With boldly contrasting tones, Shelly I. Lependorf’s photography contains an intricate interplay of rhythm and line. Emphasizing geometric shape and pattern, Lependorf’s photography, though based on realistic imagery, appears to be greatly informed by abstract compositional elements.
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SHELLY I. LEPENDORF / STAN SHIRE Philadelphia, PA Horizon Fields V, 2004
Archival pigment print
Towne Center Corridor Each image created by Shelly I. Lependorf and Stan Shire is a synthesis of multiple artistic disciplines. Their body of work contemplates the ongoing relationship between art and technology by blurring the line between photographers who make art and artists who use photography. Towne Center
CRAIG MATTHEWS Yardville, NJ Façade, 2007
Multimedia, fiber, plastic, rubber, and nylon
Towne Center, Lower Level Package Room This piece was created for the exhibition Uncommon Threads for Artmobile ‘07’08. In an effort to make the piece not precious, Craig Matthews used materials such as flat bicycle inner tubes, tow ropes, and lawn chair webbing as a way of creating a child-friendly object.
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TIM MCFARLANE Philadelphia, PA Chrysalis , 2013
Acrylic on canvas Towne Center Lower Level
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The complex layering of paint in Tim McFarlane’s work reflects the natural cycle of creation and destruction. An interior depth is revealed through the layers, but much is obscured by the surface, heightening a sense of intrigue.
HEATHER MERCKLE New York, NY Space For One , 2007
Acrylic and paper on canvas
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Painted in an intentionally simplified manner, Heather Merckle presents a scene of nostalgia with a child-like sense of wonder and enchantment.
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CLAUDIA MILLS Philadelphia, PA Cabana , 2015
Cotton yarn and fabric strips
Towne Center Lower Level
Artist and designer Claudia Mills aims to strike a balance of color, texture, and pattern in her handwoven rugs. Mills interlaces colorful yarns and strips of fabric to create rigorous and intricate compositions that are both functional and objects of beauty.
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FRANCO MUELLER Solothurn, Switzerland Landscape 1, 2014
Acrylic and charcoal on paper
Towne Center Media Lounge Landscape 2, 2014
Acrylic and charcoal on paper
Towne Center Media Lounge Landscape 4, 2014
Acrylic and charcoal on paper
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Franco Mueller’s landscapes seem to elude to recognizable objects and scenes, but upon further observation take a considerable departure into the realm of invention and expression.
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LESLIE MUTCHLER Brooklyn, NY Untitled (Storage Co.), 2007
Digital print on Somerset paper
Towne Center, Lower Level Package Room
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Leslie Mutchler designs hybrid storage systems— modular pieces that grow in response to collection, yet strive to minimize such expansion. Her creative practice involves research into furniture’s function as containers of belongings and as perpetuators of consumption all while minimizing the appearance of excess. The convergence of disorder and order, accumulation and minimization then becomes the unstable subject of her installation works: attempted utopian structures, always in flux.
AMY ORR Philadelphia, PA
Post Consumer Tartan, 2011
Credit cards
Towne Center Lower Level Corridor to Shuttle By creating recognizable imagery using credit cards, Amy Orr’s work is a sly commentary on the pervasive consumerism in our society.
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LAURA PETROVICH-CHENEY Asbury Park, NJ Floored , 2014
Salvaged wood
Towne Center Lower Level The familiar form of a quilt is constructed from wood salvaged by the artist from the debris left by Hurricane Sandy. Laura Petrovich-Cheney created Floored as a way to find solace after devastation, to rebuild a sense of comfort and order that was lost. Towne Center
EMILY MANALO RUIZ Asheville, NC FLAG 'Letter F', 2018
Salvaged material
Towne Center, Lower Entrance Emily Manalo Ruiz, as the daughter of a retired Navy man, is drawn to nautical iconography. Using the tradition of maritime flags, she constructs a hypothetical dialogue with her estranged father. Ruiz appreciates the tactile quality of salvaged textiles and the sense of history they hold; taking something that already exists and stitching within her personal experience, thus giving them new life.
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RON RUMFORD Philadelphia, PA
Untitled (O1029A) , 2014 Linocut with Chine-collé
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Towne Center Lower Level Hoping that the viewer “will simply think less, and therefore see more,” Ron Rumford’s prints are an expression of pure form. With great strength in simplicity, the compositions arise from the playful tensions between line, color, and shape.
ANNE SAINT PETER Philadelphia, PA
Bridges Along Schuylkill River, 2015
Photograph on metal
Towne Center Oar Pub Multiple exposures of the Manayunk Bridge are combined on a single visual plane, turning the familiar into the strange and interesting. Through her photographs, Anne Saint Peter provides a fresh look at iconic structures, inviting viewers to look again.
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CAROLINE ELIZABETH SAVAGE Carlisle, PA
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Forest, Interrupted 4, 2018
Archival pigment print mounted on panel
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Caroline Elizabeth Savage creates photographic and cinematic works that reveal her interest in experiencing the ever-changing landscape as a voyeur of the transitory world. Savage makes photographs that are based on formal associations of interconnected moving light, line, and color, which open a unique poetic vein. By allowing the camera to record the interactivity of light and movement, she investigates the dynamic balance between actuality and abstraction in the natural world.
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KATHLEEN SHAVER Philadelphia, PA Rose Bed, 2012
Oil on canvas
Towne Center Resident Relations Visiting Monet, 2008 Oil on canvas
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Drawing power from many possibilities and techniques made available through the process of painting, Kathleen Shaver’s work is energetic, intelligent and visceral.
REBECCA SCHULTZ Elkins Park, PA Wissahickon Schist One, 2018
Acrylic on carved panel
Towne Center Resident Relations Rebecca Schultz’s work expresses and processes her love of, and fear for, the natural world. Schultz’s work draws upon the essential qualities and forms of rocks, trees, thickets and other elements of nature.
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DONALD TESKEY Dublin, Ireland Line Surge, 2009
Edition #35, diptych Etching & carborundum collagraph
Towne Center Resident Relations
The force of gesture and brushstroke in Donald Teskey’s seascapes mimic the power of the forces of nature they represent. Towne Center
JACKIE TILESTON Philadelphia, PA
Benevolent Uproar , 2014
Oil, enamel, pigment, and spray paint on linen
Towne Center Resident Relations Combining multiple styles, techniques and traditions of painting into a single picture plane, Jackie Tileston’s work attempts to unify seemingly disparate elements. In doing so, her work opens new possibilities and methods of making and viewing visual media.
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HEATHER UJIIE Philadelphia, PA
Optical Print, 2014
Digital inkjet print on metallic vinyl substrate
Towne Center Lower Level
As a designer and an artist, Heather Ujiie’s work is a synthesis of several methods of artistry, including hand painting, drawing, stitching, and printing with innovative large-format digital printing technology. Her work suggests a fusion between clean elegant design, and the raw underpinnings of creative expression.
DERRICK VELASQUEZ Denver, CO Untitled #58, 2013
Vinyl and wenge
Towne Center Conference Room By taking objects and materials that are familiar and using them in a way that is different than their intended purpose, Derrick Velasquez creates a new context through which we can examine our relationship to our everday surroundings.
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JAY WALKER Philadelphia, PA Plaid Shirt X, 2015
Multimedia
Towne Center Lower Level Jay Walker’s Plaid Shirt Project is an initiative that aims to install artwork in non-art spaces. Primarily a street-art project, Walker seeks to broaden where art can be seen and experienced.
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RUTH WOLF Philadelphia, PA
Iris (A Day In The Life), 2007
Acrylic on canvas
Towne Center Lower Level Business Lounge Direct and expressive, Ruth Wolf’s work is a narrative representation of her imagination and environment.
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East Tower ARTIST INDEX Freedman, Karen Khaisman, Mark Korodi, Janos Lachman, Diane Miller McCue, Elizabeth Poacelli, Dolores Schneider, Maria R. Sharp, Keith Spector, Shelley Vega, Anthony Zwerling, Sarah
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KAREN FREEDMAN Philadelphia, PA Ruche Off 0505.111, 2013
Encaustic on panel East Tower Lobby
Ruche Off 0505.51, 2013
Encaustic on panel East Tower Lobby
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Karen Freedman’s colorful paintings are rooted in pattern and repetition; however, by subtly altering sequence and rhythm, her patterns are instilled with a sense of movement within the structure.
MARK KHAISMAN Philadelphia, PA Tape Pattern 9, 2008
Inkjet print on Dura trans in light box
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Mark Khaisman creates pictorial illusions by building up layers of translucent tape. Here, an abstract pattern is created using the light and shadow from overlapping tape and is enhanced by the light box. The banality of the material is transformed by the impressive spectacle of the imagery.
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JANOS KORODI Budapest, Hungary / Philadelphia, PA Motion Picture 08, 2015
Pigment in acrylic on canvas East Tower Lobby
Janos Korodi creates beautifully painted landscapes using street view from Google Maps as source material. The distortions and glitches in the image are emphasized by painterly brush strokes and vibrant and gritty color. An otherwise ordinary view of a desert highway is transformed into a dramatic painting full of motion.
DIANE LACHMAN Philadelphia, PA East Tower
Warp and Weft, 2013
Oil on panels
East Tower Mail Room Diane Lachman’s interest in color defines the form and technique of her paintings. Intuitive in nature, her geometric compositions emphasize harmony and explore the relationship between color, form and meaning.
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ELIZABETH MILLER MCCUE Philadelphia, PA Face to Face, 2006
Painted bronze rod East Tower Lobby
Appearing like a drawing in space, the calligraphic lines of Elizabeth Miller McCue’s Face to Face create a context through which positive and negative spaces are defined.
DOLORES POACELLI Philadelphia, PA East Tower
Many Are Called But Few Are Chosen, 2012
Acrylic and aluminum on wood panels East Tower Lobby
Dolores Poacelli’s abstract paintings incorporate forms and materials from everyday life. Teeming with energy and lightheartedness, her paintings are easily accessible and enjoyable.
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MARIA R. SCHNEIDER Gladwyne, PA Invisible Cities: The Benjamin Franklin Parkway Series, 2017
Laser cut plexiglass, ink, wood and LEDs East Tower Entryway
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Invisible Cities: The Benjamin Franklin Parkway Series is a set of three diptychs of drawings on transparent plexiglass panels illuminated with LEDs. Multiple layers of drawings represent the historic progression of the Parkway, with depictions of landmark buildings such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Water Works, the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, the Free Library of Philadelphia, and the Rodin Museum. The modern era is represented with more recent additions such as Park Towne Place and the Barnes Foundation. The layer illuminated by LEDs reveals a history that is no longer seen, sites of Philadelphia’s industry, residences, and fairgrounds which were redeveloped to create the contemporary Parkway. The complex images offer a look into the past as a way to understand the present. The series was commissioned by Aimco/Park Towne Place to celebrate the centennial of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
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KEITH SHARP Philadelphia, PA Suspended, 2013
Archival pigment print on paper East Tower Lobby
Playful and surreal, Keith Sharp stages photographic scenes that defy expectation and cause the viewer to look closer. A picture within a picture pleasantly complicates an otherwise straightforward landscape. The result is intriguing, peaceful and dream-like.
SHELLEY SPECTOR Philadelphia, PA East Tower
It Grows, 2008
Reclaimed wood and paint East Tower Elevator Lobby
Shelley Spector is a multi-disciplinary artist who uses found objects and reclaimed materials to create sculptures rich in meaning on a personal and communal level. Often working with domestic imagery such as plants and birds, her artwork speaks to a shared experience of the intimate space of the home.
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ANTHONY VEGA Drexel Hill, PA
Dalliance (mrsn2010, more), 2015
Gouache on inkjet print on treated watercolor paper East Tower
Dalliance (private page 1, more), 2015
Gouache on inkjet print on treated watercolor paper East Tower
Dalliance (umitakcay, more), 2015
Gouache on inkjet print on treated watercolor paper East Tower
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Anthony Vega’s current practice rests on his fascination of language, meaning, and image. These interests are explored through the use of web–based images, color and layering, but specifically through the exploration of how interpretations and connections are made both personally and socially.
SARAH ZWERLING Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia Waterfall, 2008
Digital print
East Tower Elevator Lobby A photograph of the iconic fountain in Love Park, Sarah Zwerling’s Philadelphia Waterfall gives little indication of location. Rather, its focus is on the strange beauty of the form of the falling water. The gray sky background emphasizes the blue color of the water in the fountain. It is a mysterious and poetic tribute to the famous landmark.
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East Tower The Hadley ARTIST INDEX Alleger, Jasmine Cahill, Paula Dunham, Lynn Gaydos, Frank Godley, Lyn Haigh, Stephen Li, Tiantian Lippman, Lee Manteau, Jon Oliver, James Rovner, Nadine Rucker, Shaheed Schaller, Jeff Shaver, Buy Shepelavy, Dan Troxel, Scott
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Brecher, Leora Cleaver, Randall Cunicelli, Peter Gaydos, Frank Kripal, Nicholas Saulin, Terri Wind, John
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JASMINE ALLEGER Philadelphia, PA Yucatán Bugs, 2016 Acrylic on panel
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Jasmine Alleger’s Wanderlust: Yucatán Bug Series was inspired by her travels around the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. While there she saw hundreds of VW bugs and vibrantly beautiful floor tiles. The resulting paintings are pairings that reference these sights, capturing the essence of daily life in the Yucatán.
PAULA CAHILL Philadelphia, PA 0104, 2018
Acryla gouche on paper East Tower: The Hadley
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Paula Cahill’s linear abstract compositions are comprised of continuous, luminous lines that meander, change color, and seamlessly connect back to themselves. 0104 is comprised of multiple layers of splatters, drops, and continuous lines created with direct painting techniques as well as a resist technique. The layers of paint are applied and re-applied repeatedly, resulting in a final image, a universe of line, with remnants of color from each successive application.
LYNN DUNHAM Rancocas, NJ Elements of Design: Dress No 01, 2019
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle photo rag bright white
East Tower: The Hadley Lynn Dunham pushes the boundaries of photography by altering images in post-production with various mediums including paints, inks, and digital painting. Dunham’s intent is to highlight design elements of note and depict them in an ethereal, dreamlike, and spiritual manner.
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FRANK GAYDOS Philadelphia, PA
Do You See the Petals?, 2018
Terracotta
East Tower: The Hadley Pretty in Pink, 2018
Terracotta
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Interested in decorative objects, Frank Gaydos uses terracotta clay to make platters that can be used as functional objects, or viewed as objects of contemplation. Inspired by MC Escher and Mimbres pottery, Gaydos designs his own stencils to create geometric, and often maze–like, linear designs.
Juggle, 2018
Terracotta
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LYN GODLEY Philadelphia, PA
Elizabeth’s Chandelier, 2003
Acrylic chimneys, digital prints, styrene, candelabra sockets, steel armature, and crystals East Tower: The Hadley
Light has played a key role in Lyn Godley’s work for over 25 years. Godley’s work crosses the borders of fine art, interiors, product, furniture, lighting, and jewelry. Her interests in light as a medium stems from its ability to be paired with a wide range of materials and technologies, to diffuse, emphasize, and reflect. Her public art projects explore the intersection of Art, Technology and Light in public spaces. Her work is in numerous museums and private collections. In addition to her studio work, she is an Associate Professor of Industrial Design at Jefferson University where she is developing cross disciplinary curriculum in Lighting Design. Elizabeth’s Chandelier traveled nationally and internationally before finding its home in the East Tower.
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STEPHEN HAIGH Philadelphia, PA Red Corner, Blue Corner , 2019
Mixed media
East Tower: The Hadley Stephen Haigh’s paintings explore the seemingly chaotic nature of the living environment and its shifting occurrences, while trying to contain, mask, and organize its energy. By pulling influence from the textures, personalities, designs, and stories gathered by urban designs and weathered walls, Haigh contrasts organic gestures with what has been designed.
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TIANTIAN LI Philadelphia, PA Look at me 2, 2017
Oil painting on wood panel East Tower: The Hadley
Tiantian Li is a painter working in Philadelphia and Beijing. Through varying reflections caught in the mirrors in Look at me 2, Li challenges us to consider our ideas of observation and by extension how we see and think about ourselves.
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LEE LIPPMAN Philadelphia, PA Untitled #11, 2014
Oil encaustic on 300 lb. prepared Arches paper (archival) East Tower: The Hadley
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Lee Lippman lived and worked in Philadelphia for most of his life alongside his wife and fellow artist Arlene Love, until his passing in 2020. He studied in Mexico with the famous muralists, Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros, For many years he worked as an art director and graphic designer and began painting full-time in 1975. Lippman also played the clarinet and tenor saxophone and performed with small bands in Philadelphia.
JON MANTEAU Philadelphia, PA The Subterraneans , 2019
House paint on 3/4” Birch panel East Tower: The Hadley
John Manteau’s work pulls from a variety of inspirations from postmodernism, to street graffiti, to subway tunnels. Painted in an abstract expressionistic style, The Subterraneans, is a visual nod to Jack Kerouac’s book of the same name.
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JAMES OLIVER Philadelphia, PA The Icons on the Velocette, 2019 Acrylic on canvas
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James Oliver’s recent series turns a figurative practice of rendering cultural icons like chopper bikes, Pontiac Firebirds, and his childhood poodle in detailed line drawings. These representations similarly evoke broadly accessible affects abstracted from his mental landscape. The Icons on the Velocette was commissioned by Aimco/Park Towne Place
Lana, Golden Age Motel, No.1, 2016
Archival pigment inkjet print East Tower: The Hadley
Faye, MarLane Motel, No.1, 2016
Archival pigment inkjet print East Tower: The Hadley
Nadine Rovner’s photographic works orchestrate lush cinematic scenes, exploring a visual world of heightened tension, anticipation, anxiety, longing and desire. These carefully staged, richly textured environments are charged with the nostalgia of idealized Americana yet embedded with a sense of unease on the surface. This is a world populated by strong yet often detached characters, which peer beyond the edges of the frame, silent witnesses to unsettling narratives that remain unknown.
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NADINE ROVNER Drexel Hill, PA
SHAHEED RUCKER Philadelphia, PA Do you still dream about me (Nancy Wilson), 2019
Digital print
East Tower: The Hadley Beauty of the Week (Dorothy Dandridge), 2019
Digital print
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Influenced by his B.S. in Psychology, Shaheed Rucker strives to convey social messages in his work. His Jet Reimagined Collection highlights African American subjects of the past and present that instigate cultural and social change. For this series, Rucker recreated Jet covers from the 1960’s using contemporary figures as new cover models, combined with historic content, to create a whole new perspective through collage, mixed media, and graphic design.
JEFF SCHALLER Downingtown, PA Diva 2, 2012
Oil stick drawing
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Jeff Schaller’s paintings are provocative and whimsical, pop and edgy, and esoteric and direct. Utilizing black oil sticks, Schaller draws beautiful women, and blends the shadows with his fingers to create his own captivating and complex sonatas.
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BUY SHAVER Philadelphia, PA Blue Return, 2016
Acrylic, ink on canvas
East Tower: The Hadley Buy Shaver is a multi-disciplinary artist with a visual arts background that includes Eastern and Western painting, graphic design, illustration and exhibition design. Blue Return is purposely minimal and abstract, allowing the content and context to be open for multiple interpretations.
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DAN SHEPELAVY Philadelphia, PA Proper Ornament No. 1, 2014
Digital photograph, chemical print East Tower: The Hadley
Dan Shepelavy’s Proper Ornament No. 1 is a part of an ongoing series of impromptu vignettes of mannequins entitled Jane of the Waking Universe. Proper Ornament No. 1 is a cocktail of realism, abstraction, glamour & technology, spiked with pulp, eros & melodrama.
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SCOTT TROXEL Marmora, NJ
Quiet Riot III, 2019
MDF, Cherry hardwood, acrylic and lacquer on Wood panel East Tower: The Hadley
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Transonic, 2019
Armstrong Tectum, Cherry hardwood and latex on a wood backer East Tower: The Hadley
From an early age, Scott Troxel has been obsessed with modernism, color and design. Heavily influenced by midcentury design, Troxel makes work that is modern and futurist, but also organic and warm, giving a nostalgic nod to the past. The ideas of young and old, past and future, modern and outdated, technology, nostalgia and futurism all seem to find a place in his work.
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Scott has a very personal connection to Park Towne Place. He lived at Park Towne Place for two years while attending Temple University and met his future wife in the elevator of the East Tower, where they both resided. “It was surreal to be standing outside of the East Tower twenty five years later, installing artwork in The Hadley. Almost as if my life had come full circle, in the best way possible. So many great things have happened for me at Park Towne and I was beyond thrilled to place my work here.� Transonic was commissioned by Aimco/Park Towne Place.
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LEORA BRECHER Wyncote, PA Nesting, 2017
Earthenware clay
East Tower: The Hadley, Vitrine Yearning, 2013
Earthenware clay
East Tower: The Hadley, Vitrine Suspended, 2013 Earthenware clay
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Leora Brecher limits herself to working with white earthenware clay as a material. She pinches, coils, carves, and burnishes the clay to enhance the play of light and shadow and to reveal the clarity, simplicity and tranquility inherent in each piece. Her work is inspired by the grandness and intimacy found in nature such as the transforming effects of wind, water, fire and the passage of time. Brecher highlights the beauty, vitality and majesty within the natural world as well as its continuity and ever-changing essence.
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RANDALL CLEAVER Takoma Park, MD Temple Time Too, 2011 Found objects
East Tower: The Hadley, Vitrine A son of a “packrat,� Randall Cleaver has always been inspired by the discarded, found, salvaged, adaptable, and reusable. Referencing the form of Japanese temples, Temple Time uses graphically bold tin cans and salvaged parts to create this whimsical, functional clock.
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PETER CUNICELLI Philadelphia, PA
Tall Red Bottle, 2019 Brown stoneware
East Tower: The Hadley, Vitrine Yellow Low Vase, 2019 Brown stoneware
East Tower: The Hadley, Vitrine Small Blue Vase, 2019 Brown stoneware
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Peter Cunicelli is a Philadelphia artist who has been hand-building clay vessels since 2000. He has experimented with a variety of glazes and techniques and has worked in Raku, wood fire, porcelain, paper clay, cassius basalt and other stonewares. His current studio practice builds and expands upon the desire to create objects that push the boundaries of form, and are balanced between the dramatic and the refined.
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FRANK GAYDOS Philadelphia, PA Platter #19, 2018 Terracotta
East Tower: The Hadley, Vitrine Small Platter, 2018 Terracotta
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NICHOLAS KRIPAL Philadelphia, PA
Contrivance Series (Green and Grey), 2016
Terracotta and glaze East Tower: The Hadley, Vitrine
Swarm #5, 2010
Terracotta
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Nicholas Kripal’s tightly conceptual sculptures contain layers of meaning expressed elegantly in seemingly simple and minimalist form. The work is rich with memory and association and heightens the beauty in everyday experience.
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Swarm #4, 2010
Terracotta
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TERRI SAULIN Philadelphia, PA
Saffron Box for Albert L. I, 2015
Saffron Box for Albert L. II 2015
Thin Cities III 2015
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East Tower: The Hadley, Vitrine
East Tower: The Hadley, Vitrine
Porcelain
Porcelain
Porcelain
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Terri Saulin created these particular works for the exhibition Other Selections at The Center for Art & Wood. Using the collection as a point of departure, the Saffron Boxes for Albert L. and Thin Cities III were inspired by the works of Jake Brubaker, Frank E. Cummings III and Walter Balliet and the book Invisible Cities, by Italo Calvino.
JOHN WIND Philadelphia, PA
Pantheon, 2015
Vintage figurines, 3D printed selfportraits, Campari & tonic bottles, sequined bunting, vintage rhinestone brooch, Velcro, rhinestone chain, neon cord, and buttons East Tower: The Hadley, Vitrine
John Wind was born in Israel, raised in Philadelphia, and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. As an artist, Wind’s works often comments on the intersection of art, commerce and portraiture. They are layered with ephemera and objects from his travels, his past, and his obsessions. Pantheon was created during an artist residency in London, an experience that triggered thoughts about his Israeli and American identity. These works are about empire, monuments, and heroes; about his personal narrative; and finding his place—both geographically and in the pantheon of history.
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North Tower ARTIST INDEX Agati, Nancy Kripal, Nicholas Marrinson, Thomas Marimow, Diane Maddonni Haims, Melissa Szczepaniak, Diane Tarver, Ron Zwerling, Sarah
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NANCY AGATI Philadelphia, PA Undercurrent I, 2017
Mixed media on black paper North Tower Elevator Lobby
Undercurrent II, 2017
Mixed media on black paper North Tower Elevator Lobby
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Undercurrent I & II are mixed media works on paper, with an emphasis on the overlay of brush work and intricate line drawing from handmade, clay-based paint and ink. Both works reference traditional lace patterning based on natural forms, combined with the flow and formation of water currents.
NICHOLAS KRIPAL Philadelphia, PA Contrivance Series, 2011-14
Glazed Terracotta
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Nicholas Kripal’s tightly conceptual sculptures contain layers of meaning expressed elegantly in seemingly simple and minimalist form. The stacked shapes in the Contrivance Series were created from various cake molds common in a mid-century kitchen. The work is rich with memory and association and heightens the beauty in everyday experience.
THOMAS MARRINSON Hinesburg, VT Ceramic Bowls , 2017
Ceramics
North Tower Vitrine
Thomas Marrinson’s ceramic bowls have a captivating vibrancy, allowing the viewer to revel in the simple strength of color and shape. The bowl form, normally utilitarian, becomes a contemplative object.
DIANE MARIMOW Philadelphia, PA Green Mollusk, 2017
Stoneware
North Tower Vitrine Pink Mollusk, 2017
Stoneware
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Diane Marimow creates abstract ceramic sculptures inspired by the sea. The circular shape, undulating surface and repetitious pattern of her sculptures resemble the forms of sea creatures and the shells of mollusks such as snails, clams and conch.
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MELISSA MADDONNI HAIMS Philadelphia, PA Cityscapes, 2017
Wood and lacquer
North Tower Elevator Lobby Wooden blocks are stacked in various sizes and arrangements, resembling the geometric layout of a city. Installed vertically, the shapes protrude from the wall into the viewer’s space. Known for her soft sculptures and use of tactile materials, Melissa Maddonni Haims creates artwork that is both visually interesting and physically alluring.
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DIANE SZCZEPANIAK Potomac, MD
Thought Vibration in White I, 2016 R&F oil stick on canvas North Tower Lobby
Thought Vibration in White II, 2016 R&F oil stick on canvas North Tower Lobby
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Thought Vibration in White III , 2016 R&F oil stick on canvas North Tower Lobby
Lines of bright color gently blend with one another in a mysterious and sensuous environment of pure form. The composition pulses beneath the surface and moves between the multiple canvases of Thought Vibration in White I, II, III.
RON TARVER Elkins Park, PA Early Morning, 1996 Archival inkjet print
North Tower Elevator Lobby A harmony of tone, texture, and composition give Early Morning a sense of quietness and calm. The elements of the photograph enhance the reflective nature and beauty of the landscape.
SARAH ZWERLING Philadelphia, PA Falling , 2016
Archival print
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Sarah Zwerling’s work brings focus to natural forms by simplifying photographic images. Falling is a digital collage inspired by the fleeting compositions that are formed by the movement of leaves.
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West Tower ARTIST INDEX Alvarez, Jaime Benarcik, Susan Jung, Taesook Liu, Enzhao Marquis, Andrea McAtamney, Brendan Nickles, Elisabeth Spilka, Gerri
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JAIME ALVAREZ Philadelphia, PA Flowers (Baby’s Breath), 2016
Digital inkjet print
West Tower Elevator Lobby Smoke, 2016
Digital inkjet print
West Tower Elevator Lobby Focused entirely on a single subject, Flowers (Baby’s Breath) and Smoke are seemingly simple and straightforward photographs. The subjects themselves can be seen as ordinary or banal, however, the intensity of the focus heightens the detail and reveals character, resulting in truly unique and captivating images. When paired together, there is a dissonant harmony.
SUSAN BENARCIK Wilmington, DE Anemone, Peacock, Foliage, Field Flowers, 2017
Vivid watercolor
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Susan Benarcik is a multimedia artist deeply rooted in horticulture and design. This series of vibrant flowers celebrates the rhythms and patterns found in the natural world. The color and composition are delightful, exuberant and refreshingly balanced.The simple materials offer an opportunity for contemplation and for nature to become a part of the viewer’s daily experience.
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TAESOOK JUNG Cherry Hill, NJ Vigorous Life (2006), 2015
Acrylic gouache on canvas
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Vigorous Life (2009), 2015
Acrylic gouache on canvas
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Taesook Jung’s Vigorous Life series explores the unity of nature and the human experience. Layers of dark wash give the illusion of depth, while bright energetic brush strokes punctuate the surface. The dark colors evoke a sense of earthiness and decay, while the light colors call to mind the youthful energy of spring and summer greenery. By balancing these two extremes in a single unified composition, they are understood in relation to one another, rather than as opposites. Jung sees this process as an embodiment of accepting adversity in order to celebrate the resilience of life. Her deeply optimistic artwork openly embraces joy and beauty without discounting struggle.
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ENZHAO LIU Philadelphia, PA Revival of Life, 2018
Oil, acrylic, and pastel on canvas West Tower Elevator Lobby
Enzhao Liu is an artist from Dalian, China, who studied at the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Drawing on his education and experience in both the East and West, Liu creates surreal compositions from his own mind. Here, he depicts a Phoenix, a legendary creature in Greek mythology that symbolizes rebirth. Liu, a former Park Towne Place resident, was commissioned to create Revival of Life as a reflection of Aimco’s dedication to the arts and the complex’s renewed spirit along the Parkway. Liu’s lush and vibrant style contains both a sense of innocence and a painterly sophistication.
ANDREA MARQUIS Philadelphia, PA Jabberwocky , 2014
Terracotta and low temperature glaze West Tower Vitrine West Tower
The interwoven lines and shapes of Andrea Marquis’ Jabberwocky were made by carving shadows of the artist’s homegrown fruit plants into slabs of solid clay. It is one piece in a series of ceramic sculptures relating to the connection between the garden and paradise. The work is elegant and organic, and it is elevated by the vibrant glaze and medium.
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BRENDAN MCATAMNEY Philadelphia, PA
Maple #3, 2016
Norway maple and oil West Tower Vitrine
Brendan McAtamney often uses knotty, irregular wood salvaged from Philadelphia’s parks, historic homes and churchyards. McAtamney’s unique vessels explore the beauty of functional form and the expressive capacity of wood. West Tower
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ELISABETH NICKLES Philadelphia, PA
Down in the Hollow, 2003 Cast glass West Tower
West Tower Vitrine Elisabeth Nickles’ colorful glass sculptures are poetic and otherworldly. They are rich with associations, containing allusions to ancient mythology and symbolism from folktales. Fragmented and mysteriously incomplete, the arrangements of plants and animals evoke a narrative while remaining open-ended.
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GERRI SPILKA Philadelphia, PA
Head to Head, 2016
Hand dyed and commercial cottons, machine pieced and quilted West Tower Lobby
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Gerri Spilka’s artwork is direct, confident, and playful. Large bold abstract shapes are defined by contrasting colors and contour. Though it may appear to be a painting, Head to Head is made from quilted fabric. The soft material and rows of stitching add elements of physicality and familiarity to the piece, and enhance the sense of contrast operating within the composition.
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Exterior Sculptures ARTIST INDEX Choi, Won Parker, John EKE: Kaman + Erland
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WON CHOI Philadelphia, PA Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2003 Bronze
West Courtyard Working intuitively from natural elements and structures, Won Choi pushes her sculptural forms past direct observation into the realm of the surreal.
Water Music, 2016 Aluminum
Sidewalk next to Pool Reflecting the harmonious form and movement of natural elements such as water and fire, Won Choi’s Water Music is also pleasantly unreal. Evocative and subjective, the sculpture expresses inner truth rather than observation. The viewer is invited to create their own interpretation.
JOHN PARKER Philadelphia, PA Stinger, 2005
Welded and bolted steel plate South Tower Sidewalk
Exterior Sculptures
Though constructed of steel plates, Stinger appears ready to take flight. John Parker transforms small insect forms into monumental sculptures, and changes the mundane industrial medium into something fantastical.
Big Daddy Long Legs, 2016
Welded and bolted steel plate
Great Lawn
Large metal plates interlock in a soaring structure that recalls the segmentation of insect anatomy. Alluding to lightness, movement and flight, the heaviness of the steel is transformed by the natural form.
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EKE: KAMAN + ERLAND Philadelphia, PA
Honey Locust, 2017
Powder coated steel Rain Garden
Kate Kaman and Joel Erland are contemporary visual artists drawing inspiration from botany and organic life.
Exterior Sculptures
The honey locust tree, a native species of Philadelphia, is cultivated for its beauty, elegance and durability. It is found in abundance around the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and Fairmount Park, turning a dramatic yellow in the Fall. Kaman and Erland’s dynamic, arching, 46 foot sculpture elevates the familiar leaves to a monumental scale. Placed in the Rain Garden at Park Towne Place Museum District Residences, Honey Locust will provide vibrant color all year. The sculpture was commissioned by Aimco/Park Towne Place to celebrate the centennial of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
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