'The Rising Tide,' 4 Horsemen Sculpture: Art Depicting Climate Change Destruction

*WATCH* "The Rising Tide," London. The sculptures by the British artist Jason deCaires Taylor, denounce the current alarming climate situation and the impact fossil fuels have on our planet. When the level of the water of the Thames lowers with tidal variations, something begins to emerge from the river: four ghostly sculptures of four men riding horses.

Taylor's installation of the four horsemen of the industrial apocalypse in London features life-sized figures perched on the backs of horses, their eyes closed as they gaze out towards the Thames river bed. Their presence highlights the waterway’s role in London, first as a place for commerce, trade, industry, and more recently, as a tourist attraction.

The 11' figures symbolize the adverse effects that modern industry has had on our environment. “The Rising Tide questions our future relationship with fossil fuels,” he states. To depict this, the majestic manes and snouts have been replaced with oil pumps. “The corpulent businessmen astride two horses represent the position of power over these resources,” Taylor goes on to explain. “Their counterparts are two small children depicting future generations that will live with the consequences of overconsumption.”









Taylor has created many “underwater” artworks around the world. He is in fact renowned for the creation of the world’s first underwater museum, the Musa, in Cancun, Mexico. At 8 metres of depth off the Mexican coast, the artist installed 400 sculptures of people. On the sea bottom of New Providence, Bahamas, there is the huge statue portraying a girl, entitled Ocean Atlas.~ *More art by Taylor: https://www.underwatersculpture.com/projects/rising-tide-thames/?doing_wp_cron=1575428510.1396100521087646484375

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