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2016, silk screen on nylon/cotton fabric, hand sewn, 45 X 66 in.

Galleria Comunale di arte contemporanea, monfalcone, italy
A large-scale textile artwork titled "WELCOME!" by Keith Francis, shown in a gallery setting with a white bench in the foreground. The piece consists of sixteen American flags stitched together to form a large rectangular grid (four flags wide by four flags high). Each individual flag is defaced with a semi-transparent grey horizontal stripe running across the center. Printed in bold, sans-serif grey capital letters on these stripes are exclusionary phrases documenting the history of U.S. immigration restrictions. The phrases include: Top Row: "NO MUSLIMS," "NO CATHOLICS," "NO JAPANESE," "NO SLAVS" Second Row: "NO EPILEPTICS," "NO IRISH," "NO COMMUNIST," "NO ITALIANS" Third Row: "NO ASIAN," "NO NATIVE AMERICANS," "NO COLORED," "NO IDIOTS" Bottom Row: "NO MEXICANS," "NO CHINESE," "NO JEWS," "NO NON-WHITES" The work serves as a stark, confrontational critique of the "golden door" myth, highlighting the legislative history of exclusion in the United States. It was famously exhibited alongside works by Andy Warhol and Banksy at the Altinate Cultural Center in Padua, Italy.
A large-scale textile artwork titled "WELCOME!" by Keith Francis, shown in a gallery setting with a white bench in the foreground. The piece consists of sixteen American flags stitched together to form a large rectangular grid (four flags wide by four flags high). Each individual flag is defaced with a semi-transparent grey horizontal stripe running across the center. Printed in bold, sans-serif grey capital letters on these stripes are exclusionary phrases documenting the history of U.S. immigration restrictions. The phrases include: Top Row: "NO MUSLIMS," "NO CATHOLICS," "NO JAPANESE," "NO SLAVS" Second Row: "NO EPILEPTICS," "NO IRISH," "NO COMMUNIST," "NO ITALIANS" Third Row: "NO ASIAN," "NO NATIVE AMERICANS," "NO COLORED," "NO IDIOTS" Bottom Row: "NO MEXICANS," "NO CHINESE," "NO JEWS," "NO NON-WHITES" The work serves as a stark, confrontational critique of the "golden door" myth, highlighting the legislative history of exclusion in the United States. It was famously exhibited alongside works by Andy Warhol and Banksy at the Altinate Cultural Center in Padua, Italy.

Keith Francis, USA-based Artist Exhibiting at the Altinate Cultural Center | San Gaetano, Padua, Italy American Beauty Exhibition: September 13, 2023 – January 21, 2024.
American Beauty collection by virtue of the renowned artists that are displayed to name
A few we remember the presences of Robert Longo, Annie Leibovitz, George Maciunas,
Vanessa Beecroft, James Rosenquist, Keith Haring, Vito Acconci, Andy Warhol, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier Bresson, Diane Arbus, Larry Clark, Larry Fink, Andres Serrano, Steve McCurry, 
Vik Muniz, Banksy, and others to make the 120 artist list

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