@SFOMuseum Twitter Posts Tagged akari This is SFO Museum's archive of the @SFOMuseum Twitter account. There are 4 posts . See all the tags or all the Twitter posts that have been archived so far.

“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 This tweet was posted on August 24, 2018.

The American sculptor #IsamuNoguchi is one of the essential visionaries of the twentieth century. These #lamps on display are from his #washi paper for #Akari lanterns phase in the 1950s. Which #lamp do you think matches your current decor? #NoguchiSFO This tweet was posted on June 26, 2018.

“The light of #Akari is like the light of the sun filtered through the paper of shoji." Isamu Noguchi, November 17, 1981 https://t.co/XeLRgblafC #NoguchiSFO This tweet was posted on May 22, 2018.

What's going on in the museum? Our preparators have their album cover set after staging the Akari PL2 panel by Isamu Noguchi in our Design Lab. #behindthescenes #sneakpeek #NoguchiSFO #IsamuNoguchi #Akari This tweet was posted on April 04, 2018.