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Announcing Charles Gaines's First Public Art Project, "The American Manifest" | Governors Island (en-US)
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City Life Org - Announcing Moving Chains: Toward Abolition – A Convening on Abolition Today at Charles Gaines' Monumental Public Artwork
Artist Charles Gaines, whose monumental public art piece MOVING CHAINS is on view on Governors Island through the summer, was featured on… | Instagram
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Sculptor Charles Gaines' monumental 'Moving Chains' now open on Governors Island - Brooklyn Magazine
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It Took Eight Years, an Army of Engineers, and Nine 1,600-Pound Chains to Bring Artist Charles Gaines's Profound Meditation on America to Life. Now, It's Here
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Through a Monumental Sculpture of Moving Chains, Artist Charles Gaines Confronts the Enduring Legacy of American Slavery — Colossal
Charles Gaines moves chains | metal, art of sculpture, film | Charles Gaines constructs a massive metal and wooden 100-foot-long public sculpture with a “roof” of chains on Governors Island in New
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Sculptor Charles Gaines' monumental 'Moving Chains' now open on Governors Island - Brooklyn Magazine
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Through a Monumental Sculpture of Moving Chains, Artist Charles Gaines Confronts the Enduring Legacy of American Slavery — Colossal
Moving Chains” by Charles Gaines in collaboration with TOLO Architecture under construction. Link to story in our bio. | Instagram
Reuters Pictures - American artist Charles Gaines' second chapter of The American Manifest titled Moving Chains, a 110-foot long kinetic sculpture built from steel and sustainably harvested African Mahogany, is seen on
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Charles Gaines–Moving Chains (installation) Governors Island, New York City 15 October 2022 – June 2023 - Galerie Max Hetzler
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