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(4.25 - 392 votes)About Jason:
Jason de Caires Taylor was born in 1974 to an English father and Guyanese mother, spending the earlier part of his life growing up in Europe, Asia and the Caribbean. Educated in South East England, he graduated in 1998 from Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Art London, with a B.A.Honours in Sculpture and Ceramics. He is also a fully qualified diving instructor and underwater naturalist with over 14 years of diving experience in a variety of countries.
In May 2006 he gained international recognition for creating the world’s first underwater sculpture park in Grenada, West Indies. His underwater sculptures, designed to create artificial reefs for marine life to colonise and inhabit, embrace the transformations wrought by ecological processes. The works engage with a vision of the possibilities of a sustainable future, portraying human intervention as positive and affirmative. Drawing on the tradition of figurative imagery, the aim of Jason de Caires Taylor’s work is to address a wide-ranging audience crucial for highlighting environmental issues beyond the confines of the art world. However, fundamental to understanding his work is that it embodies the hope and optimism of a regenerative, transformative Nature.
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Painstaking, striking, facinating….
just awesome.
I would love to go diving and explore these creations in person.
Comment by RubyStudios — March 27, 2009
Excellent concept and craftsmanship. Awe inspiring video!
Comment by miltiathis — March 22, 2009
wow…. I mean…wow.
Comment by caroline — March 21, 2009
wow, what a great concept, too.
its amazing how he used not only the images and sculptages too portray the theme, but how the reef will grow on top of it..
i hope civilizations find this and freak out
Comment by Cesar — March 19, 2009
Refreshingly breathtaking would be an understatement -The video presentation was lovely.
Comment by Dorothy — March 18, 2009
can you imagine a scuba diver unknowingly stumblying upon these sculputres, imagine both the fright and awe he would feel.
This is possbily one of the most intruiging sculputure parks in the word. This is great
Comment by pandaman — March 17, 2009
Totally captivating. I am truly in awe and hope I get to see your work in person one day.
Comment by Jim — March 17, 2009
This is wonderful!!!! So well done and authenticly truely origionaly YOURS as the artist . I connected to this work on a deap level because I always feel so safe under water. But even without a personal connection, the work is by every catagory imaginable … awsome and universaly profound.
Comment by Reda — March 17, 2009
Stunningly beautiful.
Comment by Vicki — March 17, 2009
This is so cool! I love it! love it! love it! Haunting is a great word for it
Comment by MaGZ — March 17, 2009