Arts Travel: Airport’s Public Art Takes Flight
- Kendall Buster’s “Topograph.” CREDIT: Bruce Damonte.
Travelers at the San Francisco International Airport’s newly renovated Terminal 2 will be treated to near museum-like experience, with the introduction of five new art works and the reinstallation of 20 works already in the airport’s collection.
The new installations include “Topograph,” by Kendall Buster, two sculptural forms suspended above the departure lobby, as well as woven sculptural forms by artist Janet Echelman. “World class art is a part of the fabric of everyday life in San Francisco,” said Luis Cancel, director of cultural affairs for the San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC). “Travelers passing through Terminal 2 will be delighted and amazed by the new artwork, and airport patrons will enjoy seeing some of the older works from the collection recontextualized in the new space.”
A project of the SFAC, the renovated terminal also features works by Walter Kitundu and Charles Sowers in the children’s play areas, and a site-specific installation by Norie Sato for the building’s facade.
