A Cautionary Tale

2021, old steel plates, LED backlit monitor with video, wood, enamel, exterior light. 68 X 97 X 10 in.

"A Cautionary Tale" (2021) by Keith Francis. A large-scale multimedia installation featuring weathered steel industrial plates. A sleek, backlit image of a 1960s NASA astronaut is positioned on the left, while an embedded video screen on the right plays black-and-white archival footage of the 1965 Selma Civil Rights protests. The work critiques the paradox of American progress.
"A Cautionary Tale" (2021) by Keith Francis. A large-scale multimedia installation featuring weathered steel industrial plates. A sleek, backlit image of a 1960s NASA astronaut is positioned on the left, while an embedded video screen on the right plays black-and-white archival footage of the 1965 Selma Civil Rights protests. The work critiques the paradox of American progress.

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