hearth, frame, foundation January 26 – May 12, 2024
Park Towne Place
Museum District Residences
2200 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19130
215-568-2200
parktowneapthomes.com
Rotational Exhibits
Park Towne Place Museum District Residences is uniquely situated on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway among the City of Philadelphia’s most cherished art and cultural institutions. 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.
In addition to the permanent art collection on display, rotational exhibits like hearth, frame, foundation showcase both established and up-and-coming artists. Each exhibit includes companion educational and social opportunities to visit with artists who host talks and provide insights on their original works.
The award-winning Art Program at Park Towne Place is presented by AIR Communities, one of the largest owners of apartment homes in Philadelphia. For more information about Aimco, please visit our website at www.aircommunities.com.
All rotational artworks are available for purchase. Inquiries for purchases can be directed to Clare Finin at clare@inliquid.org
Front Cover: Hearth series, Michael Morgan
hearth, frame, foundation
@ The South, North, and West
Tower Galleries at Park Towne Place
Museum District Residences
hearth, frame, foundation explores the textures of urbanism through the lens of five artists, Francis Beaty, Cimone Kind Berman, Annette Cords, Michael Morgan, and Rita Scheer, who draw materials and inspiration from the built environment. Found materials, patterns, textures, and abstraction give visual expression to the dialogue between cities and the people who live in them.
January 26 – May 12, 2024
Curated by:
InLiquid, InLiquid.org
Featuring:
Francis Beaty
Cimone Kind Berman
Annette Cords
Michael Morgan
Rita Scheer
The included artists play with diverse methodologies from fields including architecture, construction, archaeology, and botany, exploring the links between construction, inhabitation, and the passage of time in cities. The parallels between construction in the built environment and the artist’s studio are seen through the included series of maquettes and drawings, highlighting how, in architecture, sculpture, or installation, the process of shaping physical space is a translation of ideas from inner worlds to outer expression.
Each artists’ use of familiar forms, materials, and images emphasizes the collaboration between human construction and the weathering forces of nature in shaping our cities and our daily lives. Michael Morgan’s brick and found artifact assemblages consider the city as a material collage that reflects our patterns of living. Annette Cords’ Jacquard tapestries draw inspiration from the codes engraved in city surfaces and planetary bodies alike. Cimone Kind Berman’s glassworks echo the textures of aged silver mirrors in imagined lunar landscapes, while Rita Scheer meditates on the flows of materials and energy in greenhouses and textile looms, where architecture encloses the operations that produce the materials of our lives. Francis Beaty’s sitespecific works respond directly to Park Towne Place’s North and West Tower galleries, embracing the movements of light and air within each space’s volume.
hearth, frame, foundation
Featuring: Francis Beaty Cimone Kind Berman
Annette Cords
Michael Morgan Rita Scheer
Pictured: Detail of Yarn Limbo, Rita Scheer
FRANCIS BEATY
Francis Beaty is a contemporary installation artist, painter, and sculptor known for her interdisciplinary work and introspective style. Her works incorporate found and constructed elements with a unique conceptual inventiveness, drawing from her degrees in Education, French, and Architectural Interior Design.
Opposite: Francis Beaty
Funneling, 2024
14 x 10 x 10´ (estimated)
Francis Beaty
Lift Off #3, 2024
12 x 10 x 10´ (estimated)
White Tyvek and monofilament
$3,000
Red polyethylene safety netting, monofilament, steel
$3,500
Francis Beaty
Funneling, 2024
14 x 10 x 10´ (estimated)
Red polyethylene safety netting, monofilament, steel
$3,500
x 10 x 8´ (estimated)
Francis Beaty
Within the Cracks #2, 2024
10
Aluminum flashing
$5,000
Cimone Kind Berman
Harvest Moon, 2023
24˝ diameter
Hand-made mirror
$2,600
CIMONE KIND BERMAN
Cimone Kind Berman, the founder of Argent Mirror, is a mirror alchemist who creates beautiful one-of-a-kind silvered mirrors. The daughter of the historic Gordon & Son’s owners, mirrors are in Berman’s blood. After years in the industry, she has decorated the interiors of awardwinning restaurants, luxe personal homes, and gallerybased art exhibitions.
Cimone Kind Berman Dark Side of the Moon, 2023
46˝ diameter
Hand-made mirror
$10,000
Also On Display
Moon of Raining Reflections, 2022, 16˝ diameter, Hand-made mirror in stone base, $3,000 Solar Eclipse, 2023, 42˝ diameter, Hand-made mirror, $8,500 Pink Moon, 2022, 24˝ diameter, Hand-made mirror, $2,600
Cimone Kind Berman
untitled (chromed stones), 2023
Variable sizes, less than 6˝ diameter
Chromed stones, series of 12
$6,000
untitled (chromed stones) (detail)
ANNETTE CORDS
Annette Cords Crosstalk, 2013
49 x 41˝
Hand-woven Jacquard tapestry, cotton
$7,500
Annette Cords was born and raised in Germany and received her MFA in Painting from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Cords has exhibited her work widely both nationally and internationally and has been widely recognized through fellowships, residencies, and awards. She is currently an Assistant Professor at St. John’s University in Queens, NY.
Annette Cords Weave Blanket, 2015 28 x 41˝
Hand-woven Jacquard tapestry, wool & cotton
$4,500
Also On Display
Easter Sun, 2014, 48.5 x 41.5˝, Hand-woven Jacquard tapestry, cotton & metallic thread, $7,500 Sine, 2013, 46.5 x 40˝, Hand-woven Jacquard tapestry and cotton, $7,500
Annette Cords Seed, 2017
51 x 40.5˝
Hand-woven Jacquard tapestry, wool & cotton
$8,500
Annette Cords Mass Noun, 2012
45 x 40˝
Hand-woven Jacquard tapestry, cotton
$7,500
Michael Morgan
Phantom Brick III, 2022
8 x 8 x 3˝
Hand-carved ceramic brick and resin
$1,100
MICHAEL MORGAN
Michael Morgan is a ceramic sculptor who uses found bricks and ceramic sherds. Morgan has completed brick sculptures for both public and private clients throughout the USA and UK. He currently lives in Philadelphia, PA, where he continues to make a living as a practicing artist and teaches ceramic sculpture at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
Also On Display
Michael Morgan Phantom Brick I, 2022
8 x 3 x 3˝
Hand-carved ceramic brick and resin
$800
Kensington Apotheosis II, 2022, 7 x 6 x 5˝, Ceramic sherds, epoxy, pearlex, $850
Dark Sun, 2018, 29 x 30 x 2.5˝, Hand-carved ceramic bricks, $6,000 Three Suns, 2022, 10.5 x 4 x 2.5˝, Hand-carved ceramic brick, $800
Michael Morgan
Maquette: 27th St Hearth, 2012
14 x 12 x 3.5˝
Hand-carved ceramic brick and stone
$1,000
Michael Morgan
Sunburst I, 2021
8 x 8 x 2.5˝
Hand-carved ceramic bricks
$500
Michael Morgan Kensington Apotheosis IV, 2023
13 x 8 x 6˝
Ceramic sherds, epoxy, pearlex
$1,000
RITA SCHEER
Rita Scheer is an artist and educator living and working between Philadelphia, PA and Providence, RI. They received their MFA in Painting and Drawing from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA. Scheer has exhibited nationally at venues including The Cherry Arts Gallery, Ithaca, NY; Vox Populi and Pilot Projects, Philadelphia, PA; and Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA.
Also On Display
Stringbeams, 2023, 40 x 96˝, Acrylic, spraypaint, wax pastel, chalk pastel on canvas, $700
An Exhalation, 2022, 36 x 18 x 1˝, Acrylic on canvas, MDO plywood, two loops of hand-dyed yarn, $300
Opposite:
Rita Scheer
Hingecloth, 2022
84 x 36 x 4˝
Doublecloth weaving, steel lease stick
$2,000
Rita Scheer
untitled (hinge painting), 2023
96 x 120˝
Oil on canvas and wood
$1,000
Rita Scheer
Drawing for Making Energy, 2022
36 x 42˝
Acrylic, spray paint, flashe, chalk pastel, on plywood; plywood hooks, veneer, thread
$300
InLiquid is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to creating opportunities and exposure for visual artists and works with more than 280 artists and designers. It serves as a free, online public hub for arts information in the Philadelphia area. Find out more at www.inliquid.org.
All rotational artworks are available for purchase. Inquiries for purchases can be directed to Clare Finin at clare@inliquid.org.
