THE BROWN PAPER BAG TEST
The Brown Paper Bag Test installation was in reference to the actual test that was given by African Americans to assess privilege by skin tone. This installation combined two different designs of bags: drawn portraits and printed texts, on 150, 5in x 10in brown paper bags. The drawn portraits are of several African-American women of different skin colors, drawn onto bags to show the contrast between a Black woman’s skin tone and a simple brown bag.
The Brown Paper Bag Test (individual portrait bags) - Charcoal and color chalk pastel drawing on 5-1/8" x 3-1/8" x 10-5/8"-inch brown paper bags. 2016 – 2018.
The Brown Paper Bag Test (individual portrait bags) - Charcoal and color chalk pastel drawing on 5-1/8" x 3-1/8" x 10-5/8"-inch brown paper bags. 2016 – 2018.
The Brown Paper Bag Test (individual word bags) - Charcoal and color chalk pastel drawing on 5-1/8" x 3-1/8" x 10-5/8"-inch brown paper bags. 2016 – 2018.
The Brown Paper Bag Test (Phosphor Project Space wall) - Charcoal and color chalk pastel drawing on 5-1/8" x 3-1/8" x 10-5/8"-inch brown paper bags. 2016 - 2018. (Photo by Centa Schumacher)
The Brown Paper Bag Test (individual portrait bags) - Charcoal and color chalk pastel drawing on 5-1/8" x 3-1/8" x 10-5/8"-inch brown paper bags. 2016 – 2018.
The Brown Paper Bag Test - Charcoal and color chalk pastel drawing on 5-1/8" x 3-1/8" x 10-5/8"-inch brown paper bags. 2016 - 2018.
The Brown Paper Bag Test (Phosphor Project Space wall) - Charcoal and color chalk pastel drawing on 5-1/8" x 3-1/8" x 10-5/8"-inch brown paper bags. 2016 - 2018. (Photo by Centa Schumacher)
The Brown Paper Bag Test (individual portrait bags) - Charcoal and color chalk pastel drawing on 5-1/8" x 3-1/8" x 10-5/8"-inch brown paper bags. 2016 – 2018.
The Brown Paper Bag Test (individual word bags) - Charcoal and color chalk pastel drawing on 5-1/8" x 3-1/8" x 10-5/8"-inch brown paper bags. 2016 – 2018.
The Brown Paper Bag Test - Charcoal and color chalk pastel drawing on 5-1/8" x 3-1/8" x 10-5/8"-inch brown paper bags. 2016 - 2018.
The Brown Paper Bag Test - Charcoal and color chalk pastel drawing on 5-1/8" x 3-1/8" x 10-5/8"-inch brown paper bags. 2016 - 2018.
The Brown Paper Bag Test - Charcoal and color chalk pastel drawing on 5-1/8" x 3-1/8" x 10-5/8"-inch brown paper bags. 2016 - 2018.
The Brown Paper Bag Test (individual word bags) - Charcoal and color chalk pastel drawing on 5-1/8" x 3-1/8" x 10-5/8"-inch brown paper bags. 2016 – 2018.
The Brown Paper Bag Test (individual portrait bags) - Charcoal and color chalk pastel drawing on 5-1/8" x 3-1/8" x 10-5/8"-inch brown paper bags. 2016 – 2018.
The Brown Paper Bag Test (Phosphor Project Space wall) - Charcoal and color chalk pastel drawing on 5-1/8" x 3-1/8" x 10-5/8"-inch brown paper bags. 2016 - 2018. (Photo by Centa Schumacher)
The Brown Paper Bag Test (individual portrait bags) - Charcoal and color chalk pastel drawing on 5-1/8" x 3-1/8" x 10-5/8"-inch brown paper bags. 2016 – 2018.
The Brown Paper Bag Test (individual portrait bags) - Charcoal and color chalk pastel drawing on 5-1/8" x 3-1/8" x 10-5/8"-inch brown paper bags. 2016 – 2018.
The Brown Paper Bag Test (individual portrait bags) - Charcoal and color chalk pastel drawing on 5-1/8" x 3-1/8" x 10-5/8"-inch brown paper bags. 2016 – 2018.
The Brown Paper Bag Test (individual portrait bags) - Charcoal and color chalk pastel drawing on 5-1/8" x 3-1/8" x 10-5/8"-inch brown paper bags. 2016 – 2018.
The Brown Paper Bag Test (Kipp Gallery at Indiana University of Pennsylvania) - Charcoal and color chalk pastel drawing on 5-1/8" x 3-1/8" x 10-5/8"-inch brown paper bags. 2016 - 2018.