 ALTHOUGH the International sand-sculpting finals aren’t going to be held this year until mid-May in Holland, there’s a particularly touching news story today about a piece that was made over a 20 hour period in India. A tribute to the victims of last week’s tsunami, it’s on the beach in Orissa. It was made by a well known artist in the circuit, Sudarsan Pattnaik.
The haunting 10 foot high piece depicts several heads floating in seawater above memorial candles. Visitors to the site light candles as well to respect the dead.
Because he usually works on coastal sands, Pattnaik was particularly affected by the tsunami that killed over 100K people. He hopes that those who see it will be stimulated to give money to the relief efforts. Just a week earlier, he made a 15 foot high Jesus Christ on the same beach to celebrate Christmas.
Pattnaik lives in Puri, where, it’s said, sand sculpting on a large scale originated, and he runs the “Open Air Golden Sand Art Institute” there.
(photo from artdaily.com)
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