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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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Sculptor Charles Gaines' monumental 'Moving Chains' now open on Governors Island - Brooklyn Magazine
Together with Times Square Arts and Governors Island Arts, Creative Time announces artist Charles Gaines's first public art commission, The… | Instagram
![Sculptor Charles Gaines' monumental 'Moving Chains' now open on Governors Island - Brooklyn Magazine Sculptor Charles Gaines' monumental 'Moving Chains' now open on Governors Island - Brooklyn Magazine](https://www.bkmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/movingchains-37-scaled.jpg)
Sculptor Charles Gaines' monumental 'Moving Chains' now open on Governors Island - Brooklyn Magazine
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Charles Gaines–Moving Chains (installation) Governors Island, New York City 15 October 2022 – June 2023 - Galerie Max Hetzler
![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 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](https://news.artnet.com/app/news-upload/2022/10/Moving-Chains-Governors-Island_Credit-Timothy-Schenck_5-1024x683.png)
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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Charles Gaines–Moving Chains (installation) Governors Island, New York City 15 October 2022 – June 2023 - Galerie Max Hetzler
Artist Charles Gaines, whose monumental public art piece MOVING CHAINS is on view on Governors Island through the summer, was featured on… | Instagram
![Through a Monumental Sculpture of Moving Chains, Artist Charles Gaines Confronts the Enduring Legacy of American Slavery — Colossal Through a Monumental Sculpture of Moving Chains, Artist Charles Gaines Confronts the Enduring Legacy of American Slavery — Colossal](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/gaines-5.jpg)
Through a Monumental Sculpture of Moving Chains, Artist Charles Gaines Confronts the Enduring Legacy of American Slavery — Colossal
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