No Other Lands Their Glory Know (2017)
At San Francisco International Airport Gate G95, guests are stunned with the artwork titled “No Other Lands Their Glory Know” by Bay Area photographer Alice Shaw. This photographic mural is an image of a redwood forest on Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California just north of the City and County of San Francisco. Visitors are invited to enjoy the natural splendor of The Golden State while at the airport.
Shaw’s recent work centers around humanity’s conscious effort to be less prone to conquer the environment and more determined to actively preserve the planet’s natural beauty. Inspired by how gold and other precious metals were used in Byzantine art to beautify and revere paintings and icons, Shaw enshrines parts of her black-and-white images with twenty-two karat gold leaf to instill a renewed reverence for nature.
Shaw’s recent work centers around humanity’s conscious effort to be less prone to conquer the environment and more determined to actively preserve the planet’s natural beauty. Inspired by how gold and other precious metals were used in Byzantine art to beautify and revere paintings and icons, Shaw enshrines parts of her black-and-white images with twenty-two karat gold leaf to instill a renewed reverence for nature.