Can’t Get There From Here is Keith Stride’s bold and irreverent deep-dive into the intoxicating power of nostalgia—how it pulls us in, distorts our memories, and leaves us longing for a past that may or may not have existed the way we remember. Through his signature mixed-media style, Stride pieces together fragments of vintage photography and pop culture, creating large-scale statement works that blur the line between memory and myth.

Fueled by a childhood steeped in the sights and sounds of the 1970s and 1980s, Stride’s work taps into the universal experience of looking back with both fondness and suspicion. Are we remembering things as they were, or just the highlights reel? Can’t Get There From Here doesn’t just celebrate nostalgia—it interrogates it, asking viewers to examine why the past feels so magnetic and why we often romanticize it beyond recognition.

Stride’s work is playful yet poignant, visually arresting yet deeply introspective. His pieces demand attention, sparking conversations about time, memory, and the impossibility of ever truly revisiting the past.