Identity Cards by Mari Eckstein GowerIn creating Identity Cards, I was inspired by the intricate Colonial South American portraits that traced racial lineage. The ruling classes were so obsessed with "blood purity" during that period, that they devised a complicated legal system which put a name to every possible racial mix. I began exploring the theme of how just about every legal form I can think of has a box to put one in a racial category. I expand that theme in the Identity Card