Black treble clef
The black treble clef is a sculpture in Frankfurt am Main by the German-Japanese artist Hans-Peter Taro Miyabe (1960–1997) from 1982. The work of art is located in downtown Frankfurt on Horst-Lippmann-Platz at the corner of Goethestrasse and Kleine Bockenheimer Strasse in front of the Frankfurt Jazzkeller .
The approximately three meter high, abstract sculpture consists of a multiple and asymmetrically twisted, black painted pipe made of cast bronze on a likewise dark colored, almost cylindrical base. The tube, with a diameter of a little more than ten centimeters, is bent in such a way that its turns resemble the shape of a treble clef from only one particular perspective (see adjacent photo) . From this perspective, however, the “lines” of the bent tube deviate significantly from that of a treble clef. From other perspectives, no representational or symbolic forms can be seen in the coils of the pipe. The sculpture stands on a concrete slab construction that is divided into several, partly inclined and stepped levels.
Miyabe, who studied art at the Städelschule from 1978 to 1983 , was commissioned in 1982 to create a jazz monument for the then "German jazz capital" Frankfurt. Miyabe received an award for the sculpture at a competition in Hanau that same year.
Since 1952, many nationally and internationally known jazz musicians have played in the directly adjacent Frankfurt Jazz Cellar. The cellar was also home to many Frankfurt jazz musicians such as Albert Mangelsdorff , who practiced there regularly, Volker Kriegel , Heinz Sauer and many others.
Web links
- Art in public space Frankfurt: black treble clef
- Short biography of Hans-Peter Taro Miyabe (PDF, 72kB)
Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 51.2 " N , 8 ° 40 ′ 25.7" E