Black Sun (sculpture) explained
| Black Sun |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Type: | Sculpture |
| Material: | Granite |
| Diameter Metric: | 2.7 |
| Diameter Imperial: | 9 |
| Metric Unit: | m |
| Imperial Unit: | ft |
| City: | Seattle |
| Owner: | City of Seattle |
Black Sun is a 1969 sculpture by Isamu Noguchi located in Seattle, Washington's Volunteer Park. The statue is situated on the eastern edge of the park's man-made reservoir, across from the Seattle Asian Art Museum. The view from the sculpture includes the Space Needle, Olympic Mountains, and Elliott Bay.[1] [2] [3]
Many mistakenly believe Soundgarden's hit single "Black Hole Sun" was inspired by Noguchi's sculpture, as the band took their name from another outdoor public art work in Seattle, A Sound Garden, and the resemblance of the song's title to Noguchi's work. However, singer-songwriter Chris Cornell attributes the song's inspiration to a misheard news broadcast.[4]
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Notes and References
- News: Farr . Sheila . May 13, 2005 . Is public art disappearing? . . Mar 10, 2021.
- News: Tannesen Burnham . Liona . May 27, 2006 . Liveliness, diversity are valued hallmarks of Capitol Hill area . The Seattle Times . January 14, 2016.
- News: Farr . Sheila . June 5, 2005 . Noguchi: Artist without a country has a place in Seattle . The Seattle Times . January 14, 2016.
- Chris Cornell tells stories behind classic 'Superunknown' songs . Anderson . Kyle . June 3, 2014 . Entertainment Weekly . December 30, 2021 . "I had misheard a news anchor, and I thought he said ‘black hole sun,’ but he said something else. So I was corrected, but after that I thought, ‘Well, he didn’t say it, but I heard it,’ and it created this image in my brain and I thought it would be an amazing song title. It was a thought-provoking phrase, and it became that song. That was a title that came before music, so the music was the inspiration that came from the images created by those words.".
