Siemon Allen

Grids: An Archive of Collective Memory

SCAD Museum of Art | Savannah, GA | 2013

“Grids: An Archive of Collective Memory” presents a collaged collector card installation by artist Siemon Allen. The “Cards” series is a grid compilation of military trading cards, spanning seven decades and illustrating a history of military propaganda, technology advancement, and fluctuations in popular support of war in the U.S. The work highlights the perceptions of varied national identities that have been appropriated through the aesthetic lens of an artist as avid collector.

Siemon Allen, “Grids: An Archive of Collective Memory,” SCAD Museum of Art, 2013, installation view.

Siemon Allen, “Grids: An Archive of Collective Memory,” SCAD Museum of Art, 2013, installation view.

Siemon Allen, “Grids: An Archive of Collective Memory,” SCAD Museum of Art, 2013, detail.