Fantastic Underwater Sculptures By Jason deCaires Taylor
Editorial Comment
In May 2006, Jason deCaires Taylor created the world’s first underwater sculpture park in his home country of Grenada, West Indies. His underwater sculptures are set in areas where the coral reefs have been destroyed. The structures develop into artificial reefs that offer human viewers and reef animals alike an ever-changing experience as different animals visit them, the light changes, the sands shift, and the coral grows. DeCaires Taylor is currently the founder and Artistic Director of the Museo Subacuático del Arte (MUSA) in Cancun, Mexico. He enjoys worldwide recognition for his work.
By Dady Chery, Editor
Haiti Chery
Underwater sculptures as artificial reefs
Unstill Life, by Jason deCaires Taylor (Photo credit: Ingrid Schroeder).
The Lost Correspondent. A man types at a desk covered with 1970s newspaper articles and cuttings, some of which describe Grenada’s prior alignment with Cuba.
The Lost Correspondent.
La Jardinera de la Experanza (The Gardener of Hope). A girl on a patio pots live coral cuttings that were collected from reefs damaged by storms and human activity.
Vicissitudes, by Jason deCaires Taylor. Children of diverse ethnic background — from life-size casts — hold hands in a circle. This photo taken soon after the sculpture’s installation five meters below the sea surface.
Vicissitudes, by Jason deCaires Taylor. Details several years after installation.
VIDEO: Transformation of 68 underwater sculptures by Jason deCaires Taylor in Grenada and the UK over a two years (2 1/2 min).
VIDEO: “The Silent Evolution.” Four hundred life-sized statues created by Jason de Caires Taylor for Museo Subacuático de Arte (MUSA), off the coast of Isla Mujeres, Mexico. Filmed on March 3, 2011 (2 1/2 min).
Sources: Jason deCaires Taylor | Haiti Chery
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