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The sculptures in the park have become popular among water sports enthusiasts, particularly in nearby Flamingo Bay, which is the most visited snorkeling destination on the island. [3] In the park, over sixty-five concrete individual sculptures cover an area of over 800 square meters [ 4 ] and in total weigh around 15 tonnes in dry cement.
The Molinere Bay Underwater Sculpture Park in Grenada, created by British sculptor and ecologist Jason deCaires Taylor in 2006, has just expanded significantly, with 31 new sculptures added to the ...
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.
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).
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 ...
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Circle of Heroes – Underwater military memorial in Florida; Kristu tal-Baħħara – Christ of the Mariners, underwater statue off Malta; Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park – Collection of underwater contemporary art off Grenada in the Caribbean; Azure Window – Former natural arch in Gozo, Malta; Begg Rock – Small island in California, US