# @publicartfund on Instagram

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- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/31566366-publicartfund-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-06-03T18:14:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Public Art Fund (@publicartfund) — https://gondola.cc/publicartfund

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NOW ON VIEW: "Touching the Earth," the first solo outdoor exhibition in New York City by celebrated sculptor Thaddeus Mosley. Set within Manhattan’s City Hall Park, the exhibition showcases eight bronze sculptures cast from his original wood carvings made between 1996 and 2021. Ranging in size from human-scale to monumental, the works transform the park into a site of dialogue between organic forms, abstraction, and the urban environment.

The works on view embody 98-year-old Mosley’s lifelong dedication to the expressive potential of natural materials. Recreated directly from his hand-carved wood sculptures, each bronze preserves the organic knots and grain found in the timber. A skilled craftsman in wood, Mosley has long studied its properties, thoughtfully selecting different varietals including hickory, walnut, and bass for their distinct structural and aesthetic qualities. His profound material knowledge, coupled with a practice of "listening to wood," informs the sculptures’ biomorphic forms, which emerge through a responsive, intuitive process that foregrounds the inherent character of the material.

Thaddeus Mosley: Touching the Earth is curated by Public Art Fund Assistant Curator Jenée-Daria Strand. The exhibition is free and on view through November 16, 2025.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4jVTasj

Thaddeus Mosley (artworks in order of appearance)
"Gate III," 2022
"Repetitive Reference," 2020
"Southwestern Suite," 2023
"Inclination," 2020
Bronze
Photos: Nicholas Knight, courtesy of Public Art Fund, NY.
Presented by Public Art Fund as a part of Thaddeus Mosley: Touching the Earth at City Hall Park, New York City, June 3, 2025 - Nov 16, 2025.
#ThaddeusMosley #PublicArtFund

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