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Defying classification, fantastical artworks reframe the racism of Carl Linnaeus | Aeon Videos

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Firelei Báez is an artist from the Dominican Republic , based in New York City .
She transforms maps, manuals and other documents of colonial classification into canvases.
She reframes what was considered abject' as beautiful.
By creating vibrant images that defy classification, her art challenges viewers to consider possibilities that have been left behind in these inherited systems.
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