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By Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton

Robert H. Colescott’s “Knowledge of the Past is Key to the Future.” Collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

At the end of our nine-day exploration of the Deep South, in Alabama and Florida, we read about Robert H. Colescott's (1929-2009) garish portrait of a lynching on display back home. Inspired by the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, this victim is half black and half white to remind us that racial terror affects both whites and blacks. We return to Indianapolis today focused on America’s two great sins: capitalism and racism, as explored in NUVO, and witnessed daily. "Knowledge of the Past is Key to the Future" makes Robert Colescott our artist of the week.

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