Philadelphia
Hermerica (Hmerica), 2025
Digital print, acrylic on canvas with handmade stretchers
67.75” x 49.5” x 1.5”
The first letter “A” in America as penned by Timothy Matlack in the Declaration of Independence resembles a map of Philadelphia more than a traditional letter. The two rivers (Delaware and Schuylkill) and the two main axes (Market and Broad Streets) form a symbolic cross. This piece suggests that America is not just born in Philadelphia but that Philadelphia is America: the heart, the origin, the sacred city of the new experiment.
"America", 2022
Museum board, wood, acrylic, lacquer and plexiglass 13” x 13” x 7”
New Constellation over Philadelphia, 2025
Digital print, acrylic on canvas with handmade stretchers
36” x 49” x 1.5”
Overlaying George Washington’s personal flag during the American Revolution onto William Penn’s 1682 map of Philadelphia reveals a striking alignment: the 13 stars fall on key civic landmarks. The central five mark Penn’s original public squares, now City Hall, Logan, Rittenhouse, Franklin, and Washington Squares. The outer stars connect to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 30th Street Station, Penn’s Landing, and the Navy Yard and the oldest church building in Pennsylvania, Gloria Dei (Old Swedes' Church) reimagining the city as a living constellation rooted in democratic ideals.
New Constellation over Philadelphia, 2020
Paper and plexiglass 11.5" x 14.5" x 2.25"
Circling the Square (Vitruvian Man over the Independence Square), 2023
Digital print on plywood, wood stain, plexiglass 12.5” x 14.75” x 2.25”
