Towering six stories high stands Amy Sherald’s Untitled featuring a young African American woman, with the artist’s signature shades of grey skin tones, bold clothing patterns, and bright backdrop
Artwork
Flow
(2015)
by
Lyn Godley (b. 1956)
Rivers Casino (formerly SugarHouse), 1001 North Delaware Avenue
Dichroic panels with programmable lights mimic the nearby Delaware River on this casino’s 7-story parking garage
Artwork
China Wedge
(1994)
by
Mei-ling Hom (b. 1951)
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Arch Street Concourse (interior)
Comprised of over 20,000 porcelain tea cups, rice bowls, and soup spoons, China Wedge symbolizes and calls attention to the Asian American immigrant experience in Philadelphia.
A three-piece mural in the Marriott Hotel lobby that captures the natural beauty of the Wissahickon Valley’s winding creek and environs.
A Philadelphia artist known for her wooden sculptures of the human form, Evelyn Keyser’s wood carving of a mother and child won her this commission for a new health center in South Philadelphia in the 1960s.
Gamekeeper’s Night Dog by artist Victoria Davila at the center of Reliance Triangle is based on the appearance and composure of the Bullmastiff breed.
According to legend, this patron saint of England rescued a princess by slaying a dragon. The sculpture was commissioned by the Society of the Sons of St. George, an organization that assisted the English community in Philadelphia.
Artwork
Alexander von Humboldt
(1871)
by
Friedrich Johann Heinrich Drake (1805 - 1882)
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at Black Road, West Fairmount Park
Charles Darwin called Alexander von Humboldt “the greatest scientific traveler who ever lived.” This memorial was among the very first statues erected in Fairmount Park.
Artwork
Pulse
(2018)
by
Janet Echelman (1966-)
Dilworth Park, One South 15th Street, Operating April-October
Janet Echelman’s Pulse traces in the surface of the fountain the paths of the subway and trolley lines that converge beneath Dilworth Park at City Hall.