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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

An in-depth look at the works of up-and-coming Black visual artists.

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Sam Pollard

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HBO Documentary Films,Two Dollars and a Dream

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WOMAN 2: It was only after you
that I understood this love. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

WOMAN 2: It was only after you that I understood this love.

ALI: And I knew then
that I must survive - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

ALI: And I knew then that I must survive

The Black artist
in America has had to put up - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

The Black artist in America has had to put up

It's not been simply a matter
of mastering the art - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

It's not been simply a matter of mastering the art

For the Black artist,
it has also been the matter - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

For the Black artist, it has also been the matter

Last week, a major
historical survey of Black-- - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Last week, a major historical survey of Black--

David Driskell,
a professor of art - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

David Driskell, a professor of art

Incidentally, it opened - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Incidentally, it opened

1976, um,
doesn't seem like that long ago. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

1976, um, doesn't seem like that long ago.

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Because up until that point,
you really do not have - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Because up until that point, you really do not have

And the contemporary
manifestations - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

And the contemporary manifestations

For the most part, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

For the most part,

It was a surprise to most
people when you come up - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

It was a surprise to most people when you come up

They say, "Well, we've never
heard of these artists." - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

They say, "Well, we've never heard of these artist...

MAURICE BERGER:
What David did was he said, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

MAURICE BERGER: What David did was he said,

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♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

Well, first of all,
when one says Black art, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Well, first of all, when one says Black art,

And even though this has
happened throughout the years, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

And even though this has happened throughout the years,

But aren't you setting them
apart, in effect, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

But aren't you setting them apart, in effect,

Only because he has not
had an audience - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Only because he has not had an audience

And because, uh,
an exhibition of this nature - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

And because, uh, an exhibition of this nature

Had this exhibition not been
organized, many of the artists - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Had this exhibition not been organized, many of the artists

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There were some who said, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

There were some who said,

DAVID DRISKELL: I guess it was
a teaching moment for them, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

DAVID DRISKELL: I guess it was a teaching moment for them,

What Driskell did
is he demonstrated, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

What Driskell did is he demonstrated,

And that history was filled
not only with painting - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

And that history was filled not only with painting

Architecture, drawings. I mean,
it-- it-- it really gave us - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Architecture, drawings. I mean, it-- it-- it really gave us

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♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪

The scope of the show,
uh, the amount of work - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

The scope of the show, uh, the amount of work

And so, for an artist, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

And so, for an artist,

I was there.
I remember the electricity. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

I was there. I remember the electricity.

DAVID:
People from all over coming - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

DAVID: People from all over coming

After the count was taken - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

After the count was taken

So the show opens
and it travels to Dallas, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

So the show opens and it travels to Dallas,

And what it says is that
these are the manifestations - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

And what it says is that these are the manifestations

Artists who were
still practicing, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Artists who were still practicing,

I didn't attend the show,
I was too young. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

I didn't attend the show, I was too young.

So these were images that I saw - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

So these were images that I saw

They were just sort of
imprinted, um, in me. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

They were just sort of imprinted, um, in me.

And there was definitely
a sense of communication - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

And there was definitely a sense of communication

Because you have to remember,
at that time, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Because you have to remember, at that time,

The artists of that time, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

The artists of that time,

JORDAN CASTEEL:
I just feel a sense of belonging - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

JORDAN CASTEEL: I just feel a sense of belonging

My community of Black American
artists that come before me - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

My community of Black American artists that come before me

And that's a beautiful thing.
That's what this book - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

And that's a beautiful thing. That's what this boo...

I grew up in a home that had
the work of Charles White... - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

I grew up in a home that had the work of Charles White...

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Those were works that
were around my, um, home, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Those were works that were around my, um, home,

KERRY JAMES MARSHALL:
When I was
in junior high school, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

KERRY JAMES MARSHALL: When I was in junior high school,

The, uh, drawing teacher
had a book - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

The, uh, drawing teacher had a book

Because prior to that, you know, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Because prior to that, you know,

When I was 15,
the first oil painting I made - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

When I was 15, the first oil painting I made

You train yourself to
a certain way of seeing form - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

You train yourself to a certain way of seeing form

And at another point,
you break free from that, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

And at another point, you break free from that,

When I met Charles White, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

When I met Charles White,

It seemed to make a lot of sense - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

It seemed to make a lot of sense

To make pictures that had
historical relevance - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

To make pictures that had historical relevance

I think
that Kerry James Marshall has - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

I think that Kerry James Marshall has

To concentrate on
just the Black subject - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

To concentrate on just the Black subject

And I think it's fascinating,
not only from the point of view - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

And I think it's fascinating, not only from the point o...

KERRY:
In the history of painting - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

KERRY: In the history of painting

You don't find many images
of Black people in pictures. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

You don't find many images of Black people in pictures.

You certainly don't see
a lot of images - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

You certainly don't see a lot of images

At the end of the 19th century, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

At the end of the 19th century,

And that's what abstraction
sort of says, in a way, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

And that's what abstraction sort of says, in a way,

There's work
that needs to be done - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

There's work that needs to be done

One of the exercises
she had us do in that class - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

One of the exercises she had us do in that class

You had to make a collage
and then bring that collage back - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

You had to make a collage and then bring that collage back

So that you never really
became too attached - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

So that you never really became too attached

I was very interested in, uh,
non-Western philosophies - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

I was very interested in, uh, non-Western philosophies

KERRY: I had seen, uh,
Black Girl's Window before. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

KERRY: I had seen, uh, Black Girl's Window before.

When I looked back at that work, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

When I looked back at that work,

And I made a painting called - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

And I made a painting called

Which is a Black figure
against a black ground. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Which is a Black figure against a black ground.

And it was the first time
I had used this simplified, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

And it was the first time I had used this simplified,

And so that painting was the--
the one that established - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

And so that painting was the-- the one that established

One of the things I was trying
to do was to embody in a picture - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

One of the things I was trying to do was to embody in a pict...

He describes the condition
of invisibility - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

He describes the condition of invisibility

This condition of being seen
and not seen simultaneously. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

This condition of being seen and not seen simultaneously.

And that's what I think
a Black figure - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

And that's what I think a Black figure

I started creating the sense
of volume in those figures - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

I started creating the sense of volume in those figures

So, uh-- You take black,
you add white to it, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

So, uh-- You take black, you add white to it,

Black is not the absence
of color, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Black is not the absence of color,

And so if I went
to the paint store, as I did, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

And so if I went to the paint store, as I did,

So I could buy an ivory black,
I could buy a carbon black, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

So I could buy an ivory black, I could buy a carbon black,

And if you look at each one
of those colors, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light

And if you look at each one of those colors,

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An in-depth look at the works of up-and-coming Black visual artists.

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Director: Sam Pollard

Writer: N/A

Production: HBO Documentary Films,Two Dollars and a Dream

Genre: documentary

Year: 2021

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

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Released: 09 Feb 2021

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Homepage: https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/black-art-in-the-absence-of-light