Glass that challenges your understanding

 Posted by on December 27, 2013
Dec 272013
 

San Francisco International Terminal
Terminal Two

Exterior of Terminal 2 at SFOAir 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 by our relationship to clouds and flight. Specifically, her work delves into some of flight’s inherent qualities: ephemeral, abstract, pictorial, natural, man-made, symmetrical and changeable. The artwork depicts the dual experience of being under or over clouds when flying in a plane. According to the artist, “Air Over Under is about perception, relativity and how our position and situations are never static.”

Norie Sato Air Over UnderThis was taken from inside the building notice the vibrant colors

The façade installation is comprised of a grid of 120 pieces of laminated glass panels approximately 4’ x 10’ each covering two 16’ x 150’ areas. Produced at Franz Mayer Studios in Munich, Germany, the laminated panels are comprised of one layer of glass with hand-painted glass enamels and another layer that includes a silkscreened pixilated image in white. The combined effect is of a photographic image that, depending on the viewer’s distance or point of view, either looks clear or more abstract and atmospheric. The colors are subtle, and change gradually from blue to green on one side and from blue to purple on the other side.

Norie Sato

 

The view from AirBart is one of the best.

SFO Big Glass Art

Norie Sato is an artist living in Seattle, whose artwork for public places over the past 25 years has incorporated individual, collaborative, design team and planning of public art projects. Much of her work involves collaboration with architects and integration with the site or context.

 

 

 

  One Response to “Glass that challenges your understanding”

  1. It’s wonderful!

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