Cancun Underwater Museum is a series of sculptures by Jason Decaires Taylor placed underwater off the coast of Isla de Mujeres and Cancún, Mexico. The project began in November 2009 with placement of a hundred statues in shallow waters of the Cancún National Marine Park, which had been previously damaged by storms.The sculptures are created with pH-neutral marine concrete and are based on members of the local community. The artist planned the sculptures as artificial reefs with fire coral planted in the initial culptures. A total of 400 sculptures are planned, to be installed by the end of 2010. Snorkeleres, scuba divers, and tourists in glass-bottom boats all visit the underwater installation.
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The main goal of English artist Jason Decaires Taylor’s work is conservation. Each of the more than 400 life sized sculptures are made from ph neutral clay in order to promote the growth of coral reef and marine life with the total installation occupying an area of over 150sq metres and weighing over 120 tons.
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Each sculpture has it’s own meaning such as ‘The Dream Collector’, ‘Man on Fire’ and ‘The Silent Evolution’The Silent Evolution consists of almost 400 sculptures and the figures were molded from real models.
Cancun Underwater Museum
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