Andy Vogt at the San Francisco International Airport
Andy Vogt
Unfolding Space (in gold), 2018
architectural bronze
12 x 45 feet
Andy Vogt’s latest public artwork, Unfolding Space (in gold), has been unveiled at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO Terminal 1, Boarding Area B). Commissioned by the San Francisco Arts Commission in 2018, this 12 ft tall by 45 ft wide sculpture consists of 400 pieces of hand-cut and hand-patinated bronze. The piece is the artist's first work in metal and the largest sculpture to date.
“I like the idea of folding space and time. It sounds like science fiction, but we do it every day to some extent as we move through the world. When we travel by air we are literally folded through space and into spaces of an extreme scale and timeframe—from massive airport architecture down jetways to the confines of our seats, traveling 600 mph while under pressure, our concept of space shifts to keep up with these changes.
But we also fold space in our minds—we can perceive flat things as three-dimensional or vice versa. The title Unfolding Space is meant to connect to the literal and figurative idea of how we see the world and how we move through it.”
We would like to thank all of those included in realizing this project, especially the San Francisco Arts Commission, the San Francisco International Airport, Woods-Bagot Architecture, Chris French Metal, Inc., One Hat One Hand, and Atthowe Fine Art.
Fabrication process
ABOUT ANDY VOGT
Andy Vogt grew up in the suburbs of Washington DC and attended Carnegie Mellon University where he earned a BFA in Intermedia, a program focused on time-based media, performance and installation. He lived in Pittsburgh, PA until 2000. Since then, Andy lives and works in San Francisco, CA.
His current work using reclaimed wood from demolished buildings, started in 2004, a few years after moving to San Francisco. His first solo show was in 2006 at Ampersand International Arts in San Francisco’s Dogpatch district.
Since then, his work has been exhibited nationally and in San Francisco including solo shows at Eleanor Harwood Gallery, Eli Ridgway Gallery, Hap Gallery (Portland, OR), Southern Exposure, The Museum of Craft and Design and Ampersand International Arts. Group exhibitions include Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco State University Art Gallery, Swarm Gallery, and Adobe Books Backroom Gallery. In 2010, he was an artist in residence at Headlands Center for the Arts. Andy Vogt is currently developing a large-scale bronze sculpture for Terminal 1 at the San Francisco International Airport, opening in early 2020.
