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Philadelphia Still Life Museum

From the Permanent Collection

Threshold of Access, Exposures in Plaster — West Philadelphia

Beige interior wall, drywall openings, exposed studs, loose wiring

License & Inspections, est. 2026

112 days on view


Photographic documentation of the work as submitted to the city's 311 record.
As submitted to the city’s 311 record.

Curatorial note

Seen in close proximity to the room’s edge, the work’s two square cutouts anchor the interior wall, with a yellow electrical wire visible in the lower aperture. Since January 2026, the piece has persisted in its room-tone stance, presenting a quiet record of ongoing maintenance in situ. The breaches situate the wall at the threshold between finished space and exposed infrastructure, a subtle anchor within the neighborhood collection.

Catalogue metadata

Accession no.
19355595
Location
///lonely.warm.pays
Address
5720 WALTON AVE
Region
Cobbs Creek
Acquired
January 2026
Status
On permanent display

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