Suns' Roots II

Sun's Roots II is the sculpture chosen to stand outside the gates of the Cass Foundation [west sussex sculpture park] at Goodwood, just now. It's a stainless steel work by Phillip King who has recently been working in Japan, influencing this piece.

In the Shinto religion, Amaterasu is the Sun Goddess. In protest at her drunken bother trampling her rice fields, she had a wee bit of a strop and did some damage of her own before entering a cave, effectually shutting out the sun. Everything in the world began to wither and die, revealing the vital connection between the Sun and Earth. This piece is said to acknowledge that connection by linking the Sun with the ground.

The foundation has around 80 ever changing works in its 26 acres of woodland. There's something about seeing these monumental works in the great outdoors ...

Phillip King, born 1934 in Tunis, studied at Cambridge and St Martins School of Art, and spent a year as an assistant to Henry Moore. He has been awared the CBE and is a Royal Academician, and had some rather prestigious positions including Professor Emeritus at the Royal College of Art and is a former president of the Royal Academy.

Sun's Roots II measures 400 x 560 x 220 cm.