Decorative arts have been an intrinsic part of the human experience. Across cultures and time, people have felt a deep desire to embellish the spaces they inhabit to tell stories, assert identity, and infuse interiors with life. At the heart of decorative art lies craftsmanship and functionality: the intersection where artists and makers create everyday objects that are visually enthralling and serve a purpose.

 

In Bespoke Matter, five artists challenge and expand these defi nitions; they explore traditional decorative arts through untraditional lenses. Their work poses a compelling question: What happens when an object is no longer functional? Including pieces representing furniture, wallpaper, decorative plates, porcelain vessels, and tapestry, Philadelphia-based artists Sophie Glenn, Leslie A. Grossman, Elizabeth Hamilton, Leah Kaplan, and Lisa Marie Patzer push the boundaries of craft, decorative arts, and traditional mediums.

BESPOKE MATTER

HOME TO FINE ART EXHIBITS

Park Towne Place annually hosts a cycle of rotating exhibits, bringing you a fresh perspective with each new theme and unique array of featured artwork.

 

The rotational gallery organized by, InLiquid, a nonprofit organization that creates opportunities and exposure for visual artists while also serving as a free, online, public hub to showcase Philadelphia’s vast visual arts culture. Through the active promotion of artists’ work and credentials via online accessibility, numerous ongoing exhibition programs distributed throughout the city in galleries and alternative spaces, meaningful partnerships with cultural organizations and corporate clients, unique community-engaged events, and the facilitation of relationships with art collectors, InLiquid delivers the richness of our region’s visual art culture to broader audiences, thus increasing appreciation of all forms of visual culture.

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IMMERSE IN TIMELESS ARTISTRY

 

Each piece of art in the permanent collection has been selected with great care from a diverse pool of submissions by local, national, and international artists, including site-specific commissioned pieces.

Park Towne Place Art Gallery

ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS: MATERIAL TIME

Inspired by climate systems and the ever-changing landscape, the five artists of Material Time evaluate and deconstruct patterns and forms found in nature. Working with materials and processes that are both natural and human, each artist offers ways of being with environments, acting as both witnesses and agents of transformation.

 

In the wake of altered climate systems and human disruption, Material Time serves as a catalyst for contemplation, urging individuals to consider their relationship with and their role within an ever-changing environment.

Material Time