Americanism

Found Object Gallery | Old as Adam

An archaeology of the American id, the collection takes its name from a painted aluminum parade banner from the 1950s. Wielded by the McCarthy-era Right, the word “Americanism” drove a wedge between “true” Americans and those deemed un-American.

As a political concept, Americanism divides what unites us. As a collection, “Americanism” unites what divides us. Competing, discarded, celebrated, condemned, forgotten: American identities reveal themselves in objects dating from the War of Independence to Vietnam.

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Americanism
Fall 2023
Found Object Gallery
Old as Adam Antiques & Americana
125 Benefit Street
Providence, RI