Keith M. Francis
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American Beauty
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  • Welcome!
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  • Border Nation
  • Greed! (Illuminating Apathy)
  • Exploitation
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  • When I Grow Up...
  • Time?
  • The Weights of Choice
  • TILT
  • Game Over (the only winning move is not to play)
  • Enough is Enough
  • The Omniscient Frame
  • Greenspace
  • Subtleties of Indoctrination III
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  • Violation
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  • What If? (Confronting the Abyss)
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  • The Firefighters
  • Mixed Media & Relief
  • Shirley Temple
  • Soft Power (Compressed)
  • Sins of my Forefathers
  • Crimson Legacy
  • The Great Narcissist
  • Share A Coke
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Keith Francis
Keith M. Francis
Art/CV
“Press Kit”
American Beauty
  • Installations & Conceptual Works
  • The Unspoken Veil
  • UNTITLED, MELTING
  • UNTITLED
  • The Relative Ground
  • Welcome!
  • White Fence
  • Border Nation
  • Greed! (Illuminating Apathy)
  • Exploitation
  • Let’s Vote
  • Sculpture & Assemblage
  • Unseated
  • When I Grow Up...
  • Time?
  • The Weights of Choice
  • TILT
  • Game Over (the only winning move is not to play)
  • Enough is Enough
  • The Omniscient Frame
  • Greenspace
  • Subtleties of Indoctrination III
  • Bibi’s Gambit
  • Violation
  • We Reap What We Sow
  • What If? (Confronting the Abyss)
  • The Gamble of Governance
  • Who's Watching Who
  • The New Religion
  • Democracy: It’s a Game
  • Childhood Cowboys
  • Made in China
  • Caste #2
  • A Cautionary Tale
  • JUCHE
  • Us and Them
  • Public Art & Commissions
  • Mother Nature: The Common Thread
  • The Common Thread
  • #146
  • LoveLocks
  • Glittering Patterns
  • #401
  • White Fence
  • Ole Miss: University of Mississippi
  • The Firefighters
  • Mixed Media & Relief
  • Shirley Temple
  • Soft Power (Compressed)
  • Sins of my Forefathers
  • Crimson Legacy
  • The Great Narcissist
  • Share A Coke
Exhibitions
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Democracy: It’s a Game

2018, repurposed 1969 Gottlieb pinball machine, wood, graphics, glass and electronics. 60" X 56" X 29" in | 178 X 142 X 74 cm

Artemizia Foundation Contemporary Art Museum, Bisbee, Arizona
A conceptual sculpture titled "Democracy, It’s a Game" by Keith Francis, created from a repurposed 1969 Gottlieb pinball machine. The machine stands on four bright red metal legs. Its white wooden cabinet is decorated with a blue horizontal stripe containing white stars, flanked by red wavy stripes and a large blue-bordered star in the center.  The backbox features a white frame with a cracked glass panel. At the top, a stylized "DEMOCRACY" banner sits above a graphic of a hand gripping a torch, reminiscent of the Statue of Liberty, set against a radiating red, white, and blue sunburst. Two digital scoreboards labeled "LIBERAL" and "CONSERVATIVE" track points. A grey industrial megaphone is mounted on top of the backbox.  On the front of the machine, a white coin door features a small white tag with black "Out of Order" handwriting hanging from the plunger. The playfield is visible under glass, showing the original colorful mechanical components of the vintage game. The work measures 60 by 56 by 29 inches and is part of the permanent collection at the Artemizia Foundation Contemporary Art Museum.
A conceptual sculpture titled "Democracy, It’s a Game" by Keith Francis, created from a repurposed 1969 Gottlieb pinball machine. The machine stands on four bright red metal legs. Its white wooden cabinet is decorated with a blue horizontal stripe containing white stars, flanked by red wavy stripes and a large blue-bordered star in the center.  The backbox features a white frame with a cracked glass panel. At the top, a stylized "DEMOCRACY" banner sits above a graphic of a hand gripping a torch, reminiscent of the Statue of Liberty, set against a radiating red, white, and blue sunburst. Two digital scoreboards labeled "LIBERAL" and "CONSERVATIVE" track points. A grey industrial megaphone is mounted on top of the backbox.  On the front of the machine, a white coin door features a small white tag with black "Out of Order" handwriting hanging from the plunger. The playfield is visible under glass, showing the original colorful mechanical components of the vintage game. The work measures 60 by 56 by 29 inches and is part of the permanent collection at the Artemizia Foundation Contemporary Art Museum.
A conceptual sculpture titled "Democracy, It’s a Game" by Keith Francis, created from a repurposed 1969 Gottlieb pinball machine. The machine stands on four bright red metal legs. Its white wooden cabinet is decorated with a blue horizontal stripe containing white stars, flanked by red wavy stripes and a large blue-bordered star in the center.  The backbox features a white frame with a cracked glass panel. At the top, a stylized "DEMOCRACY" banner sits above a graphic of a hand gripping a torch, reminiscent of the Statue of Liberty, set against a radiating red, white, and blue sunburst. Two digital scoreboards labeled "LIBERAL" and "CONSERVATIVE" track points. A grey industrial megaphone is mounted on top of the backbox.  On the front of the machine, a white coin door features a small white tag with black "Out of Order" handwriting hanging from the plunger. The playfield is visible under glass, showing the original colorful mechanical components of the vintage game. The work measures 60 by 56 by 29 inches and is part of the permanent collection at the Artemizia Foundation Contemporary Art Museum.
A conceptual sculpture titled "Democracy, It’s a Game" by Keith Francis, created from a repurposed 1969 Gottlieb pinball machine. The machine stands on four bright red metal legs. Its white wooden cabinet is decorated with a blue horizontal stripe containing white stars, flanked by red wavy stripes and a large blue-bordered star in the center.  The backbox features a white frame with a cracked glass panel. At the top, a stylized "DEMOCRACY" banner sits above a graphic of a hand gripping a torch, reminiscent of the Statue of Liberty, set against a radiating red, white, and blue sunburst. Two digital scoreboards labeled "LIBERAL" and "CONSERVATIVE" track points. A grey industrial megaphone is mounted on top of the backbox.  On the front of the machine, a white coin door features a small white tag with black "Out of Order" handwriting hanging from the plunger. The playfield is visible under glass, showing the original colorful mechanical components of the vintage game. The work measures 60 by 56 by 29 inches and is part of the permanent collection at the Artemizia Foundation Contemporary Art Museum.

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