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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

And this is also the moment when many of theseyounger artists, um, like Glenn Ligon,and...

And this is also the moment when many of these
younger artists, um, like Glenn Ligon,
and Lorna Simpson, and Kara Walker are
in art school

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And this is also the moment
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when many of these younger artists,
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um, like Glenn Ligon, and Lorna Simpson,
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and Kara Walker are in art school.
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8 seconds
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24
Timestamp in Movie
00:58:56
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.
And so by the time we get to the early 1990s, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:15
And so by the time we get to the early 1990s,
♪ (JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
♪ (JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
MARY: I remember distinctly going - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
MARY: I remember distinctly going
One, she has such an incredible mastery - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
One, she has such an incredible mastery
And she has that, um, attentiveness to her materials - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:11
And she has that, um, attentiveness to her materials
KARA WALKER: The cut-outs I started doing - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
KARA WALKER: The cut-outs I started doing
Painting was too readily recognized, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:12
Painting was too readily recognized,
And I wanted to distance myself from the idea - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:13
And I wanted to distance myself from the idea
SARAH: Kara Walker is a crucible - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
SARAH: Kara Walker is a crucible
You know, I have an enormous amount of respect for her willingness - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:27
You know, I have an enormous amount of respect for her willi...
Love the work. Hate the work. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
Love the work. Hate the work.
If you don't, you're not reckoning - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
If you don't, you're not reckoning
Is a sense of irreverence - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
Is a sense of irreverence
I think they push against what they see is the perversity... - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
I think they push against what they see is the perversity...
Sexual perversity, degradation of Black bodies - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
Sexual perversity, degradation of Black bodies
So to pull on that history and to play upon that history - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
So to pull on that history and to play upon that history
KARA: I'm not trying to, like, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
KARA: I'm not trying to, like,
My approach initially was, um... - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
My approach initially was, um...
My fantasy, my fear, my humanity, my clownishness, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
My fantasy, my fear, my humanity, my clownishness,
There's all these narrative tropes, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
There's all these narrative tropes,