Friday 16 September 2016

The Rising Tide, sculpture by Jason deCaires Taylor in Arrecife


The Rising Tide, sculpture by Jason deCaires Taylor was temporarily installed on the intertidal zone at the foot of the building of the International Museum of Contemporary Art-Castillo de San JosĂ©, Arrecife. The Rising Tide sculpture by Taylor was previously installed by the artist on the River Thames foreshore at Vauxhall in London. ”The Rising Tide is a sculpture depicting four riders on their saddles, horses whose heads are oil drilling pumps , reflecting the great threat that hangs over the planet and especially on the seas and oceans", explains the Centers for Arts, Culture and Tourism (CACT) in its statement. The figures are drawn in concrete neutral pH. Each sculpture is 2.70 meters high and weighs 8 tons and are friendly to the ecosystem. With this initiative, the CACT aspire to "make the works of Jason deCaires Taylor more widely known", the same sculptor who is developing the sculptures of the Museo Atlántico south of the island. At the same time, The Rising Tide is "in
https://www.lanzaroteon.com/news-lanzarote/the-rising-tide-sculpture-by-jason-decaires-taylor-in-arrecife

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