The third and probably most interesting of the three changes the way humans will look at art. His name: Jason de Caires Taylor. His work stands above most artists that an art historian learns about because it actually stands below the surface of the water.
Off the coast of Grenada located in the West Indies, sits his museum of underwater sculpture. It's eerie feeling implies that humans will transform into nature after death. He embraces the transformations brought on by ecological processes.
Jason de Caires Taylor, Vicissitudes, Depth 4.5m, 26 life size figures, 5m diameter, Grenada, West Indies.The underwater environment the optical perspectives change from that of being on land. Objects underwater appear 25% larger, and as a consequence they also appear closer. The light source in water is from the surface, this produces kaleidoscopic effects because of water movement, currents and turbulence. Also, as a malleable medium, water enables the viewer to become active in their engagement with the work. Some divers experience a "ghost effect" where they feel that they soar down like a ghost or angel looking down on these people.
Also, the surfaces of the sculptures constantly change effecting how the light plays on their rocky skin. It dances when the corral dies but when the corral thrives on the rock, the tone of the figures is a dark and moody one.
Jason de Caires Taylor, The Un-Still Life, 7.8m Deep, Grenada, West Indies
This effect also presents itself in Jason Taylor's The Un-Still Life where the traditional still life portrait remains still except for the fact that the corral life changes constantly without human interference but by underwater organisms.
But I think that Jason Taylor should receive a round of applause for expanding the confines of white-walled art museums and bringing art back to it's true origins, back in the hands of nature.
See more of Jason de Caires Taylor's Underwater Museum
Also, the surfaces of the sculptures constantly change effecting how the light plays on their rocky skin. It dances when the corral dies but when the corral thrives on the rock, the tone of the figures is a dark and moody one.
Jason de Caires Taylor, The Un-Still Life, 7.8m Deep, Grenada, West IndiesThis effect also presents itself in Jason Taylor's The Un-Still Life where the traditional still life portrait remains still except for the fact that the corral life changes constantly without human interference but by underwater organisms.
But I think that Jason Taylor should receive a round of applause for expanding the confines of white-walled art museums and bringing art back to it's true origins, back in the hands of nature.
See more of Jason de Caires Taylor's Underwater Museum
