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 work is about those things – Bees, Flags, Snow Bugs, Mercury, Rain and Flights of Fancy”
Much of Cornwath’s work is about her own thoughts, reactions, and memories. She frequently combines hand-scrawled words, visual images and color into luminous paintings that prompt the personal thoughts and memories of her viewers.
Squeak Cornwath was born in Abington, Pennsylvania. After receiving a Masters of Fine Arts from California College of Arts and Crafts in 1977, she began exhibiting her work in the San Francisco Bay Area. She lives and works in Oakland, California. Carnwath taught at the University of California from 1982 to 2010; she is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.
Fugit is latin for flee, most often seen in the term Tempus Fugit, meaning Time Flees.
Another piece that I like a lot! Love her name too.
At first I thought it was tile work by school kids. The format is typical of children’s work in public art. Then I saw her name and knew better. I guess I’m more familiar with her name than her work. My loss.