The world’s first underwater Shark Monument; a sculpture of a great white shark on top of a three metre long knife, which is intended to raise awareness of the importance of sharks to the marine ecosystem and their vulnerability in the face of extinction, is currently on display at the bottom of the Red Sea near the popular dive site Gota Abu Ramada if you happen to be passing by…
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Husband and wife artists David and Aaron Lee placed a sculpture of a giant hammerhead shark in the water at New Smyrna Beach (shark bite capital of the world). The purpose of the sculpture was to dispel myths that portray sharks as dangerous marine life. I have a feeling it just scared people off.
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Divers dove more than 30 feet down to carve jack-o’-lanterns for the 10th annual Amoray Dive Resort Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Ken and Linda Smith of Sebring, Fla., took top honors for their “scary pumpkin.” Their prize was a free dive trip.
Apparently, carving underwater wasn’t easy either… pumpkins float.
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The architects at Weisz + Yoes will be creating a modern-day carousel in Manhattan’s Battery Park. But instead of horses painted like cheap whores, you’ll straddle up to translucent dolphins, turtles, and if we’re lucky, sharks. The 3-minute ride will simulate a trip to the ocean floor. Hot.
The tiger shark suspended in a tank of formaldehyde, one of the best known works by contemporary British artist Damien Hirst, is coming to New York. Created by Hirst in 1991, the embalmed shark will go on display in The Metropolitan Museum of Art from the end of August.
The 13 ft shark in the sculpture is not actually the original animal, which was replaced last year by the artist during a “refurbishment” after the original shark began decomposing.
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Damien Hirst cuts another shark in half and dips it in formaldehyde. The shark, which Hirst once summed up as ‘a thing to describe a feeling’, has been dissected, and placed in separate containers, allowing viewer to walk through the interior of the animal. Ew, but good “ew”.
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Just how I prefer my sharks… made of wood. Get your own here.
Thanks JM
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