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“The light of Akari is like the light of the sun filtered through the paper of shoji. The harshness of electricity is thus transformed through the magic of paper back to the light of our origin—the sun—so that its warmth may continue to fill our rooms at night.” Isamu Noguchi, November 17, 1981 Thank you to The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum for their generous loan. See "Isamu Noguchi: Inside and Out" on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. http://bit.ly/NoguchiSFO
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Isamu Noguchi: Inside and Out
This nonaviation exhibition was on display between April 2018 and January 2019 in the 4C International South Wall gallery, located in International Terminal