The first thing you notice about Jason deCaires Taylor’s work isn’t scale, or novelty, or even the uncanny experience of encountering human figures beneath the sea. It is restraint. His sculptures do not compete with the ocean. They wait for it. Over time, they soften, darken, and disappear into growth, allowing marine life to overwrite the artist’s hand. Where most monumental art insists on permanence, Taylor’s practice is built around surrender. In an exclusive interview wi