Unique Underwater Art Museum in Mexico

By Brittany Stone

Jason de Caires Taylor, a British scuba-diving cum sculptor, has a new art project called the Underwater Art Museum at the Isla Mujeres National Marine Park near Cancun on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Taylor created the foundations of 400 individually cast human moulds, which were taken from members of the Mexican public sunk. The sculptures covering 420sq meters are made from special cement with a neutral PH to encourage coral growth and provide a habitat for marine life. His idea aims to reduce the pressure on natural reefs of the area, which sees 750,000 people visit every year. The artist said that visitors could fly over these sculptures and go between them underwater.

The Underwater Art Museum at Isla Mujeres National Marine Park on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico

The statues, which are set 10 meters deep underwater, are designed to help stimulate the museum

Life-size statues on the sea bed at Isla Mujeres National Marine Park

A group of the 400 statues waited at the docks before being transported to the Underwater Art Museum

The light is very different and affected by the sea’s surface

Taylor explained the reason for his “underwater art museum” that he saw the decimation of the coral reefs after becoming a diving instructor, so he got into the idea of making art as artificial reefs

He expects to create an image of humans living in balance with nature

After these sculptures were finished on the ground, some of them step by step were launched into the water by a lifting crane

These statues are covered by thin cloths

Statue\'s faces reflect different destinies

You surely have interesting experience when visting here

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