I've always been a little afraid of mannequins in department stores. (Well. I suppose I would be ever
more afraid of mannequins outside of department stores.) Some part of me actually worries that they may come to life once everyone leaves, and that is just too scary for me to handle.
Jason deCaires Taylor, however, doesn't seem to be afraid at all of statues that become alive over time, or even grow. He installs his lifelike sculptures on the sea floor and leaves them to collect whatever tiny recruits happen to be floating in the waters nearby. Corals, algae, whatever will attach to a hard substrate and grow, form a skin on his works, changing the way they look over time and making the idea of a living, moving statue more beautiful than freaky. His art even provides habitat for sea life!
Check out some of his work, and
his site, which has slideshows of
sculptures changing over time. Gorgeous!
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| Vicissitudes (Depth: 4.5m. 26 Statues. Grenada, West Indies) |
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| Vicissitudes (Depth: 4.5m. 26 Statues. Grenada, West Indies) |
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| The Lost Correspondent (Depth: 7m. Grenada, West Indies) |
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