Chris Cornell (Marra)

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Chris Cornell
ArtistNick Marra
Year2018 (2018)
Medium Bronze sculpture
Subject Chris Cornell
Location Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Coordinates 47°37′16″N122°20′52″W / 47.62120°N 122.34784°W / 47.62120; -122.34784 Coordinates: 47°37′16″N122°20′52″W / 47.62120°N 122.34784°W / 47.62120; -122.34784

The Chris Cornell memorial statue is a bronze sculpture depicting late Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell created by Nick Marra. It is installed outside the Museum of Pop Culture on the Seattle Center grounds, in the U.S. state of Washington. It was first displayed to the public on October 7, 2018. [1] [2] The life-size statue shows the musician holding a guitar. [3] It was gifted to the museum by Cornell's spouse, Vicky Cornell. [4]

Bronze sculpture sculpture cast in bronze

Bronze is the most popular metal for cast metal sculptures; a cast bronze sculpture is often called simply a "bronze". It can be used for statues, singly or in groups, reliefs, and small statuettes and figurines, as well as bronze elements to be fitted to other objects such as furniture. It is often gilded to give gilt-bronze or ormolu.

Soundgarden American grunge rock band

Soundgarden was an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1984 by singer and rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto. Matt Cameron became the band's full-time drummer in 1986, while bassist Ben Shepherd became a permanent replacement for Yamamoto in 1990. The band dissolved in 1997 and re-formed in 2010. Following Cornell's suicide in 2017 and a year of uncertainty of the band's future, Thayil declared in an October 2018 interview with Seattle Times that they would not continue as Soundgarden; they did, however, reunite in January 2019 for a one-off concert in tribute to Cornell.

Chris Cornell American singer-songwriter, musician

Christopher John Cornell was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He was best known as the lead vocalist for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave. Cornell was also known for his numerous solo works and soundtrack contributions since 1991, and as the founder and frontman for Temple of the Dog, the one-off tribute band dedicated to his late friend Andrew Wood.

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References

  1. ↑ Michael Rietmulder (October 6, 2018), "Memorial statue of Chris Cornell, 'Seattle's son,' finds public home at MoPOP", The Seattle Times
  2. ↑ Joyce CHEN, "Soundgarden and Family Honor Chris Cornell at Seattle Statue Unveiling", Rolling Stone
  3. ↑ Statue of Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell unveiled, Associated Press, October 8, 2018 – via The Washington Post
  4. ↑ Kate NICKOLAI (October 8, 2018), "Chris Cornell Statue Unveiled in Seattle", Variety
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