Sculpture Forum 56: Thaddeus Mosley at Karma Gallery New York NY

[@jackferriday5022]

I LOVE his work. I happened to catch a glimpse of his sculpture a year ago. The images came on KZbin and they immediately grabbed me. His work, to me, is totally inspiring. Simple materials. Simple tools. Free association of form and imagination. He makes sculpture that an "everyman/everywoman" might be able to make. To me, Thaddeus Mosley allows anyone to participate in the making of art and sculpture. He allows all of us to get out of the spectator seats and join the game. I hope Mosley continues - for several more decades - to make his art. It is a gift to us all! He's an inspiration. Thanks Mr. Mosley for giving us your gifts. And thanks Sculpture Forum for posting this on KZbin.

[@robertspies4695]

Thank you for bringing this interesting artist to us. I have done quite a few carved wood figures heavily influenced by triabl work, so it was a pleasant surprise to see high art that embraced this mode of sculpture again. I struggled at first to put my reaction to them into language. Totemic was my first thought as someone also mentioned.. They are for the most part larger than humans, but not that much larger and mostly taller than wide so that there is a feeling of the figurative at first. But the way the individual elements are selected and joined in each seems an almost deliberate turn away from the figurative after the first impression. The artist does not seem to have a "vocabulary" of repeated elements. The elements of each sculpture are unique and speak more of the original pieces of wood than of transformed elements shaped by the sculptor's previous experience. There are very few repeating elements, save the stacked "flying saucers" in a few sculptures that seem straight out of the necks of tribal figures. He is not imposing something on the material but acting as a middlle man between what the trees have done and what the viewer brings to the experience. They are a little disconcerting as they say at first human figure but then violate our expectations, as good art often does. .

[@raycooper3269]

Creatures of the forest

[@raycooper3269]

These wood creatures are alive.