Maybe were a long way away from the art for arts sake days of yore, but one recent jaw-dropping initiative is promoting a whole other concept altogether for the fledgling millennium: art with an ecological purpose. Dropped smack down onto the Caribbean seabed, this life-sized sculpture of a Volkswagen Beetle is only one of 400 cement structures that have been slated for a watery showcase in the largest underwater museum in the world.
In November of 2010, British sculptor and the museums artistic director Jason de Caires Taylor started sending down concrete replicas of people, not with a view to colonize the sea, but to restore it. The museum pieces in the National Marine Park of Cancun will draw fire away from the reef by redirecting the visitors attention their way.
Read Complete News Here : Sunken Sculpture, a Different Beetle of Fish
