Some of the worlds largest and fantastic art installations .
Sea change
Over the course of three weeks, sculptor Patrick Dougherty erected an outdoor art show and makeshift shelter for the Naples Botanical Garden in Florida using thousands of willow sticks and saplings. The four interconnecting circles are 30,000 pounds of woven wood that arch and undulate like a sea wave. The immersive experience is both beautiful and perplexing. The botanical garden plans to keep this exhibit up until 2023.
Building bridges
Six pairs of hands come together on a bridge in the Arsenale basin in Venice, Italy. Building Bridges is the title of this huge work of art. Friendship, Faith, Help, Love, Hope, and Wisdom are the six universal ideals represented by the six pairs of hands. They’re part of artist Lorenzo Quinn’s uplifting worldwide message of joining hands to overcome division.
Museum of underwater
The Museum of Underwater Sculpture Ayia Napa (MUSAN) underwater display was created by artist Jason deCaires Taylor and consists of over 93 different pieces of pH-neutral artwork. Taylor expects that it will aid in the re-establishment of marine life in the area. MUSAN has a mystical quality to it, with sculptures of children playing in front of massive trees, yet it’s not a static art installation. Instead, the underwater art project can be viewed as a collaboration between man and nature that evolves and changes over time as nature takes control and adds her own touches.
Open air exhibition
This sprawling show in Cape Town by famous South African artist Anton Smit features thirty different sculptures. Personal details on the bodies stimulate movement and raw emotions from each sculpture, giving them a larger-than-life quality that represents many aspects of mankind. The public is welcome to visit the permanent exhibition, which is free and accessible to the public.
