Over the past ten years taylor has created several large scale underwater museums and sculpture parks with collections of over 850 life size public works. The only underwater art museum in the southern hemisphere moua hosts a series of installations by leading underwater sculptor jason decaires taylor. Created by jason de caires taylor an artist that creates unique underwater sculptures that focus on natural ecological processes.
An underwater sculpture in grenada that honors the african ancestors that was lost in the sea during the middle passage. Underwater sculptures in tribute to african slaves known as the spice of the caribbean the island of granada pays. Many people incorrectly believe that these sculptures are a monument to the hundreds of african slaves that sought freedom or were forced to jump overboard slave ships travelling through the middle passage.
Underwater sculptures in grenada cast from children with diverse ethnic backgrounds have been incorrectly tied to slavery. Underwater sculpture underwater art underwater photography sculpture art underwater pictures sculpture garden under the water under the sea statues a museum on the ocean floor artist and diver jason decaires taylor has populated the seabed with his eerie underwater sculptures which give new life to marine creatures. The first of its kind these sculptures sit nearly 14 feet down at the bottom of molinere bay and are only accessible by scuba diving snorkeling and glass bottom boats.
Grenada s haunting underwater sculpture park is a tribute to the nearly two million african slaves thrown into the sea during the transatlantic slave trade. Underwater sculpture in honor of africans thrown overboard underwater sculpture in honor of africans thrown overboard underwater sculpture honoring africans thrown overboard from the slave ships during the middle passage of the african holocaust this is located in the caribbean sea off the coast of grenada under water underwater sculpture in honor of our african ancestors underwater sculpture. See more ideas about underwater sculpture underwater sculptures.
Jan 27 2020 explore greg s board underwater sculptures followed by 6198 people on pinterest. These sculptures by jason decaires taylor an anglo guyanese sculptor testify to the sad fate. Indeed slavery is a dark story for the black people and humanity.
Known as the spice of the caribbean the island of granada pays tribute to the slaves who died during the crossing. Underwater sculptures in tribute to african slaves. Taylor s aim was to engage local people with the underwater environment that.
Coordinates the molinere underwater sculpture park is a collection of ecological underwater contemporary art located in the caribbean sea off the west coast of grenada west indies and was created by british sculptor jason decaires tin may 2006 the world s first underwater sculpture park was open for public viewing.
