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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

And that by bringing him up,maybe it wouldn't mean anything to anyone, but I at least hada...

And that by bringing him up,
maybe it wouldn't mean anything to anyone, but I at least had
a Black potter that I could identify with

Full Transcript

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And that by bringing him up, maybe it wouldn't mean
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anything to anyone,
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but I at least had a Black potter
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that I could identify with.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:17:45
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Two Dollars and a Dream

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Movie Summary

An in-depth look at the works of up-and-coming Black visual artists.
It was the beginning of a kind of hopefulness within Blackness - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:11
It was the beginning of a kind of hopefulness within Blackne...
When I was only making pots, when I was just working in clay, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:13
When I was only making pots, when I was just working in clay...
So I graduated, if you will, into using whatever. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
So I graduated, if you will, into using whatever.
So I went from being a potter to being a conceptualist. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
So I went from being a potter to being a conceptualist.
It didn't matter what the material was, I was open. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
It didn't matter what the material was, I was open.
But I needed the right material to tell the right story. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
But I needed the right material to tell the right story.
Here is one of the earliest civil rights tapestries. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
Here is one of the earliest civil rights tapestries.
It's basically, uh, um, fire hoses - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
It's basically, uh, um, fire hoses
And this body of work grew out of me - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:12
And this body of work grew out of me
Then there were moments where the material form-- - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
Then there were moments where the material form--
Then I was back to the first route, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:11
Then I was back to the first route,
-Speech acts, choirs, music. -♪ (SINGERS VOCALIZING) ♪ - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:19
-Speech acts, choirs, music. -♪ (SINGERS VOCALIZING) ♪
Its own ability to resurrect the soul - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:11
Its own ability to resurrect the soul
That I felt music could do - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
That I felt music could do
He had that whole vernacular - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
He had that whole vernacular
Here's an artist who studied ceramics, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
Here's an artist who studied ceramics,
So utilizing his artwork to really expand... - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
So utilizing his artwork to really expand...
Expand modes of how one produces, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
Expand modes of how one produces,
Theaster Gates is-- is one of the beacons - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
Theaster Gates is-- is one of the beacons
He has done this through The Rebuild Foundation, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
He has done this through The Rebuild Foundation,