Press Release

Scandinavian Modernism: In Pursuit of Function and Beauty Now on View at San Francisco International Airport

07/29/2008

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Scandinavian Modernism: In Pursuit of Function and Beauty Now on View at San Francisco International Airport 
New Exhibition Features Iconic Works by Renown Scandinavian Modernist Designers

 

SAN FRANCISCO -- Scandinavian Modernism: In Pursuit of Function and Beauty, a new exhibition at San Francisco International Airport, captures the dazzling array of furniture and furnishings that emerged from Scandinavia from the late 1920s through the mid 1960s. More than 50 examples of furniture, ceramics, glass and lighting designed by prominent Scandinavian Modernists are on view.

 

The featured objects reflect Scandinavian Modernism’s ideals of utility and purity of form, in particular the designers’ emphasis on softer, more organic forms, natural materials and fine craftsmanship.   Among the iconic works included in the exhibition are Poul Henningsen’s avant-garde PH lamp (1927-1928), Bruno Mathsson’s bentwood Pernilla lounge chair (1933-36), Arne Jacobsen’s Ant chair (1951) and Series 7 chair (1955), Hans Wegner’s beautiful and practical Valet chair (1953), and glass works by Nils Landberg and Ingeborg Lundin.

 

Guest curator Kate Eilertsen has identified exceptional examples of Scandinavian Modernism from the collections of Alan Fleming, Sid and Terry Garrison, and Forrest L. Merrill to illustrate the successful union of function and beauty.

 

Scandinavian Modernism: In Pursuit of Function and Beauty is located pre-security in the International Terminal Main Hall, and is on view twenty-four hours a day through October 26, 2008. There is no charge to view the exhibition.

 

Images from the exhibition are available at http://www.flysfo.com/web/page/about/news/pressres/exh-scand.html.

 

San Francisco Airport Museums

The San Francisco Airport Museums program was established by the Airport Commission in 1980 for the purposes of humanizing the Airport environment, providing visibility for the unique cultural life of San Francisco, and providing educational services for the traveling public. The Museum was granted initial accreditation from the American Association of Museums in 1999, reaccredited in 2005, and has the distinction of being the only accredited museum in an airport. Today, the San Francisco Airport Museums features approximately twenty galleries throughout the Airport terminals displaying a rotating schedule of art, history, science, and cultural exhibitions, as well as the San Francisco Airport Commission Aviation Library and Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum, a permanent collection dedicated to the history of commercial aviation.

 

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