Melting Vitruvian Man

Melting Vitruvian Man

John Quigley

A giant version of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous sketch ‘Vitruvian Man’, melting from the sea ice into the Arctic Ocean, was constructed just 800 kilometres from the North Pole, as a call for urgent action on climate change. Rolls of thin copper were used to “draw” the man. All materials were removed after construction and the copper will be reused.

Greenpeace-commissioned artist John Quigley, travelling on board the Arctic Sunrise, made the massive ‘Melting Vitruvian Man’, the size of four Olympic-sized swimming pools, to draw attention to how climate change is causing the rapid melting of sea ice to outstrip predictions.

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