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Vicissitudes, Grenada Vicissitudes, Grenada Taylor's early work includes Vicissitudes, Grace Reef, The Lost Correspondent and The Unstill Life. [18] All of these artworks are located in the world's first public underwater sculpture park in the Caribbean Sea in Molinere Bay, Grenada, West Indies, [19] and situated in a section of coastline that was badly damaged by Hurricane Ivan in 2004.
Having done research looking for an experienced underwater sculptor, Dr. González Cano came across Jason deCaires Taylor, who had been pioneering the use of underwater sculptures for the creation of artificial reefs on a project in Grenada that demonstrated the value of art in conservation, the Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park. He was a ...
The sculpture park is accessible via boat from the main port of St Georges (2 miles/3 km North of the capital) or Grand Anse Bay on the West coastline. The sculptures are situated in a variety of depths of water with a maximum of 12 meters, and the park is visited daily by scuba divers, snorkelers and glass bottom boats. [ 3 ]
The Museum of Underwater Art (MOUA) is a series of underwater art installations near Townsville, Australia. [1] It is the only underwater art museum in the Southern Hemisphere [ 2 ] and consists of three sculptures created by British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor . [ 3 ]
The urban Sculpture garden Artpark in Linz, Austria, 2008. Österreichischer Skulpturenpark [9] (Austrian Sculpture Park), sculpture park with outdoor sculptures of contemporary Austrian and international artists in Unterpremstätten, 7 km south of the Styrian capital Graz
The boundaries of the park changed in 1972, so the statue is now in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, just outside of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. The statue is 9 feet (2.7 m) tall and weighs around 1,102 pounds (500 kg), and the concrete base to which it is attached weighs approximately 42,000 pounds (19,100 kg).
[2] [3] It was dedicated on August 5, 2019 and currently has thirteen 6-foot tall statues at a depth of 40 feet underwater with plans to add an additional twelve statues. [4] At the center, there is a 4 foot high, 3-ton pentagon shaped monument with the emblems from five military branches , Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps and Navy.
The underwater museum's collection is curated by Carlomar Daoana, Ateneo de Manila University arts department head. [6] It consist of 16 sculptures and other artworks by 20 artists [ 3 ] which ranges from 400 to 2,500 kilograms (880 to 5,510 lb). [ 4 ]