Category: SFO
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Spirogyrate
Terminal Three SFO Post TSA One weekend in January 2014 the city of San Francisco and the contractors opened the new Terminal Three to the public before it went live. I used the opportunity to capture as much public art as I could before you had to buy an airline ticket to get access to…
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Sky
San Francisco International Airport Terminal 3 Post TSA This is Sky by Merge Conceptual Design. Merge Conceptual Design is comprised of Franka Diehnelt and Claudia Reisenberger who are both architecture graduates of the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, and currently teach at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Sky is a suspended light sculpture comprised of…
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Shining Paths
SFO International Terminal Gate G level 3 Post TSA Shining Paths: San Francisco’s Sister Cities 2006 by Lewis Desoto 16 Derkson projectors, lamps and gobo light gels 68 in. in diameter. This work in its entirety consists of 16 light projections (divided between boarding areas A and G) that celebrate San Francisco’s Sister Cities around…
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Blue Deer
SFO International Terminal Gate G Level 3 Post TSA Blue Deer 2006-2007 Oil and Pigmented Ink with Gesso Ground on Wood Panels Clare Rojas The plaque on this piece reads: Inspired by American folk art, quilting and storytelling, Clare Rojas creates dreamlike images executed in tightly drawn crystalline shapes. Rojas intends to bring a sense…
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Baile
SFO International Terminal Gate G Level 3 Post TSA “Baile” – Copper and Powder Coated Steel – 1999 – Carmen Lomas Garza The plaque on this piece reads: This image of Mexican Flokloric dancers is inspired by the tradition of Mexican and Chinese tissue paper cutouts and French silhouettes. As an artist, Carmen Lomas Carza…
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Sanctuary
SFO International Terminal Gate G Level 3 Post TSA The plaque on this piece reads: Arrival at SFO is the beginning of a new life for many immigrants. Just as the surrounding wetlands prove sanctuary for shore birds during their annual migration. the mural is painted in fresco buono an ancient technique that mixes pigment…
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Bird Technology
SFO Boarding Area G Level 3 International Terminal Post TSA Bird Technology – Hand Painted Ceramic Tile – 1999 by Rupert Garcia The plaque on this piece reads: This work combines two images: a bird that symbolizes natural flight, and a geometric grid that symbolizes the technological advances that made human flight possible. Implicit in…
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Thinking of Balmy Alley
SFO International Terminal Boarding Area G Level 3 Post TSA Ceramic Tile Mosaic – 1999 by Rigo 99 The plaque on this piece reads: This work, of a solitary boy totally absorbed in the act of paining, is inspired y a mural (since destroyed) painted in 1993 by the artist and local youth in Balmy…
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Fly, Flight Fugit
SFO International Terminal Boarding Area G – Level 3 Post TSA Fly, Flight Fugit by Squeak Carnwath Porcelain Enamel on Steel – 1999 210 in. x 210 in.; each panel is 30 in. square The plaque that accompanies the piece states: “When I’m I’m a Plane, I often think about things that fly naturally. This…
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Glass that challenges your understanding
San Francisco International Terminal Terminal Two Air Over Under by Norie Sato – 2011 These two Huge panels are easier to see than to photograph. (The above photo is courtesy of FlySFO) They are hand painted and silkscreened glass enamels on float glass and measure 16 ft. x 150 ft. each. Norie Sato’s imagery was inspired…
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Flight Patterns
San Francisco International Airport Terminal One Boarding Area C Flight Patterns by Larry Kirkland – 1987 Stainless steel cables, painted aluminum tubing, sheeting and screening 264 in. x 276 in. x 756 in. Born in 1950 in Port Hueneme, California, Larry Kirkland moved with his military family throughout the U.S. and abroad during his childhood.…
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A Mosaic of Bay Area History
San Francisco International Airport Terminal 1 Connector Level 2 Bay Area Victorian, Bay Area, Deco, Bay Area Funk by Joyce Kozloff – 1982 This artwork is inspired by historical decorative styles found in the Bay Area. The left panel, Bay Area Victorian, draws its sources from the ornament on old homes in the Mission District,…
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Thousands and Thousands of Tiles
San Francisco International Airport International Terminal Main Hall Gateway 2000- by Ik-Joong Kang This artwork contains 5,400 unique 3 in. x 3 in. paintings, wood carvings, tiles and cast acrylic cubes. The artist began working in this 3 in. x 3 in. format when he was a student and commuted long distances to various part-time…
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Stacking Stones
San Francisco International Airport Terminal Two Level Two Stacking Stones by Seiji Kunishma – 1983 These stones were commissioned by SFAC for the airport in 1983. They remained in the airport during the new construction. Born in Nagoya, Japan, Seiji Kunishima is an internationally renowned artist whose sculptures are characterized by a serene balance between…
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Tapestries to take your breath away
San Francisco International Airport Terminal 2 Waiting Area This is a series by Mark Adams. They include Garden Outside Gate, Garden in Golden Gate Park, and Garden in San Andreas Valley. They have been in storage for over 20 years at the SFAC. They were brought out and installed as part of the complete remodel…
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Topo in Cloth and aluminum
San Francisco International Airport Departure Lobby Terminal 2 Kendall Buster -Powder coated steel tubing; greenhouse shade cloth- 288 in. x 288 in. x 192 in Topograph I & II Kendall Buster earned a BFA degree from the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington DC and an MFA in Sculpture from Yale University as well…
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Welcome
San Francisco International Airport Terminal 2 Baggage Claim Level 1 Dan Snyder – Polyurethane Paint on Aluminum -1983 Titled Welcome North, Welcome South, Welcome East, Welcome West, is designed to greet visitors from around the world. According to Mr Snyder’s website: Dan was born in St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands in 1941. His father…
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Cilindro Construito
San Francisco International Airport Terminal 2 Baggage Claim Level 1 Cilindro Construito by Arnaldo Pomodoro 1983. Cast bronze, 192 in. x 18 in Aside from the great exhibits put on by the SFO Museum, there is a considerable collection of art that is owned by the San Francisco Arts Commission at the airport. I have…
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Kokeshi to Kaiju
San Francisco International Airport Astro Boy (Tesuwan Atomu) When the SFO Museum began Twittering about their upcoming Japanese Toy exhibit, I knew I needed to see it. Sadly, it is behind TSA. It is in Terminal Three for all you lucky people flying in and/or out of SFO in the next 6 months. I contacted…
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A Museum for the Cost of a BART Ticket
San Francisco International Airport Addison Model 2A Radio c. 1940 Many people know that there is art at SFO, but did you know there is an actual museum? Much of the art you see scattered around the airport as single pieces belong to the SFAC, however, the exhibits you see, carefully crafted for your enjoyment,…