Can I Pass? Introducing the Paper Bag to The Fan Test for the Month of December  
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  In documenting the daily changes to my hair, a natural hygrometer, this ongoing piece brings up two absurd tests used for racial stratification, the ‘brown paperbag’ and ‘fan’ tests, of the American South and the Dominican Republic, which informed social interactions during my upbringing in these sites.  
     
Firelei Báez  Gouache, ink and graphite on paper
Can I Pass? Introducing the Paper Bag to
The Fan Test for the Month of December,
31 individual self-portrait silhouettes,
configured in a 31 day calendar grid
2010
Gouache, ink and graphite on paper
108 x 84 inches
Firelei Báez

Firelei Báez

Firelei Báez