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The graphic background is a stylized aerial view of SFO’s runways and terminals. The flowers and insects are reminiscent of model airplanes coming in for a landing. #JoyceHsu #APAHM #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM #publicart @SFAC This tweet was posted on May 02, 2023.
“Namoo” is a Korean word that implies nature. The title of “Namoo House” by Joyce Hsu suggests that the airport fuses science, nature, and imagination to become the transit home for all travelers. #JoyceHsu #APAHM #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM #publicart @SFAC This tweet was posted on May 02, 2023.
Using his handmade palm fiber brush, Fong applied acrylic paint to crumpled squares of mulberry paper. Then he transferred the paint from the distressed paper to the canvas, revealing his autographic “crackling” surface. #FongChungRay #APAHM #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM @SFAC This tweet was posted on May 09, 2023.
Born in 1933, in Henan, China, Fong Chung-ray found his interest in abstract art when reading American journals and books after moving to Taiwan in 1949. #FongChungRay #APAHM #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM @SFAC This tweet was posted on May 09, 2023.
See “Painting #2018-8-6” by Fong Chung-ray, on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. https://t.co/EgJn6hXfIl #FongChungRay #APAHM #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM @SFAC This tweet was posted on May 09, 2023.
For this suite of prints, Shaun O’Dell uses simplified icons of American history—liberty bells and silhouettes of the founding fathers—to depict the complexity of the past. #PublicArt #ShaunODell @SFAC This tweet was posted on November 08, 2022.
In “Beyond When the Golden Portal Can Come,” O’Dell maps American genealogy, beginning with the pilgrims’ desire for liberty and the Mayflower’s voyage across the Atlantic, which led to contact with Native Americans. #PublicArt #ShaunODell @SFAC This tweet was posted on November 08, 2022.
The artist goes on to complicate the American family tree in “Ghost Extraction Dialogue for the Followers of Blood,” highlighting that history is full of overlapping stories of individuals, who slip into obscurity. #PublicArt #ShaunODell @SFAC This tweet was posted on November 08, 2022.
“Beyond When the Golden Portal Can Come” and “Ghost Extraction Dialogue for the Followers of Blood” by Shaun O’Dellg are on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. https://t.co/afFpeyBlfv #PublicArt #ShaunODell @SFAC This tweet was posted on November 08, 2022.
Happy birthday to the late Wayne Thiebaud, who passed last year at the age of 101. He was born on this day in 1920 in Mesa, Arizona. #WayneThiebaud #SFAC #publicart This tweet was posted on November 15, 2022.
In the late 1970s, he concentrated on a series of San Francisco cityscapes that became a signature theme. Created from a combination of direct observation and memory, these paintings present a dizzying perspective of San Francisco’s extraordinary topography. #WayneThiebaud #SFAC This tweet was posted on November 15, 2022.
See “18th Street Downgrade” by Wayne Thiebaud on display, pre-security in Terminal 3 and online at: https://t.co/6lo42E9KWn #WayneThiebaud #SFAC #publicart #painting #SanFrancisco This tweet was posted on November 15, 2022.
#Onthisday in 1919, Lee Mullican was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma. Mullican’s paintings reflect the influence of his interest in and study of Native American art and culture. He evokes ritual and myth with his ornate, mosaic-patterned surfaces. #PublicArt #LeeMullican @SFAC This tweet was posted on December 02, 2022.
Originally rendered in pen and ink, this panoramic view from San Francisco’s Excelsior district depicts two perpendicular streets descending from a hilltop; the houses and trees ebbing and flowing in a graceful wave. #PaulMadonna #PublicArt @SFAC This tweet was posted on December 06, 2022.
San Francisco-based artist Paul Madonna is known for blending poetic and poignant text with lush and inviting hand-drawn cityscapes. #PaulMadonna #PublicArt @SFAC This tweet was posted on December 06, 2022.
See “Here You Are / Are You Here” by Paul Madonna, located in the post security connector between Terminal 2 and Terminal 3, and online at: https://t.co/FzqI5xRrC2 #PaulMadonna #PublicArt @SFAC This tweet was posted on December 06, 2022.
See “The Great Transparents” by Lee Mullican on display, post-security, in Terminal 2 or online at: https://t.co/8sjIAzx0q7 #PublicArt #LeeMullican @SFAC This tweet was posted on December 02, 2022.
For “Long Arc of Day,” Kim Anno combined multiple scenes of San Francisco Bay and the California landscape into one image. Anno created the tableaux by collaging and layering glass with pigment color drawings that were based on historical engravings. #KimAnno #publicart @SFAC This tweet was posted on December 19, 2022.
See “Long Arc of Day” by Kim Anno, in the post-security connector between Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 and online at: https://t.co/mfKyQJ4r08 #KimAnno #SFAC #publicart @SFAC This tweet was posted on December 19, 2022.
The image begins with a view of the bay and a Ramaytush Ohlone fisherman pulling a tule boat leading to agricultural scenes, then to the wilderness of the headwaters in the California Sierra Mountains. #KimAnno #SFAC #publicart @SFAC This tweet was posted on December 19, 2022.
This work is emblematic of Kim Anno's artistic practice, which reimagines the study of nature in the face of climate change. #KimAnno #SFAC #publicart @SFAC This tweet was posted on December 19, 2022.
See “Continuous City” by Stacey Carter and Derek Lynch, in the post-security connector between Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 and online at: https://t.co/dqUoq1msYv #SFAC #publicart @SFAC This tweet was posted on December 27, 2022.
The artists, Stacey Carter and Derek Lynch, curated historic photographs and contemporary architectural elements then recombined them to capture the essence of San Francisco. #SFAC #publicart @SFAC This tweet was posted on December 27, 2022.
The resulting effect is a vibrant and imaginative urban landscape that allows visitors to experience the city’s unique and diverse culture through its architectural history. #SFAC #publicart @SFAC This tweet was posted on December 27, 2022.
In Hudson’s “Horse of Another Color”, a flat, geometrical background is combined with representational imagery to create visual contradiction between the illusionistic spaces and the flat background surface. #RobertHudson #PublicArt #Painting #SFAC This tweet was posted on January 06, 2023.
See “Horse of Another Color” by Robert Hudson on display, post-security, in the International Terminal and online at: https://t.co/VU5CjDChCp #RobertHudson #PublicArt #Painting #SFAC This tweet was posted on January 06, 2023.
With characteristic wit and irony, Hudson's canvases play with creating visual contradictions between three-dimensional illusion and flat, two-dimensional space. #RobertHudson #PublicArt #Painting #SFAC This tweet was posted on January 06, 2023.
See “Time, Turn, and Light” by Woody De Othello on display, post-security, on the Outdoor Terrace Observation Deck in the International Terminal. https://t.co/RV1ULkC0Zx #PublicArt #WoodyDeOthello #BlackHistoryMonth @SFAC This tweet was posted on February 22, 2023.
Susan O’Malley asked everyday people, ranging in ages from 7 to 88, “What advice would your 80-year-old self give you?” She began this project at a period in her life when she was considering leaving her “grown-up job” to focus on her art. #SusanOMalley #5WomenArtists @SFAC This tweet was posted on March 03, 2023.
O’Malley distilled over one hundred interviews into vibrantly-colored text-based works. #SusanOMalley #5WomenArtists #PublicArt @SFAC This tweet was posted on March 03, 2023.
See “Advice from My 80-Year-Old-Self” by Susan O’Malley on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. https://t.co/QQIzL8U0Wi #SusanOMalley #5WomenArtists #InternationalWomensHistoryMonth #WomensHistoryMonth #PublicArt @SFAC This tweet was posted on March 03, 2023.
The inspirational words of these sixteen prints vary in content from the sincere to the silly and allude to the idea that the wisdom of our 80-year-old selves might already exist within us. #SusanOMalley #5WomenArtists #PublicArt @SFAC This tweet was posted on March 03, 2023.
Included in the composition are depictions of the Arctic Tern, known for its long yearly migration, and the hummingbird, which is native to the Americas. #RanuMukherjee #5WomenArtists @SFAC This tweet was posted on March 09, 2023.
See “When the Path Through the Atmosphere is Longer” by Ranu Mukherjee is on display, post-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/1IFbIOEKbx #RanuMukherjee #5WomenArtists #InternationalWomensHistoryMonth #PublicArt @SFAC This tweet was posted on March 09, 2023.
The image is collaged from printed sari cloth—a diasporic object that is rooted in Indian culture and suggests the movement of bodies. #RanuMukherjee #5WomenArtists @SFAC This tweet was posted on March 09, 2023.
“When the Path Through the Atmosphere is Longer” by Ranu Mukherjee is inspired by the feeling of being suspended in time and space during long-haul air travel and seeing two sunrises or sunsets in the same day. #RanuMukherjee #5WomenArtists @SFAC This tweet was posted on March 09, 2023.