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And so, this idea that we could be, uh, active participants
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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

And so, this idea that we couldbe, uh, active participants in the reshaping of nothingness...

And so, this idea that we could
be, uh, active participants in the reshaping of nothingness is super important to me

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And so, this idea that we could be, uh, active participants
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in the reshaping of nothingness
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is super important to me.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
01:16:05
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Two Dollars and a Dream

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An in-depth look at the works of up-and-coming Black visual artists.
And that the actors, the makers of the 60s and 70s, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
And that the actors, the makers of the 60s and 70s,
♪ (MUSIC STOPS) ♪ - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
♪ (MUSIC STOPS) ♪
There were, like, all these amazing makers. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
There were, like, all these amazing makers.
I, like, read and read - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
I, like, read and read
And I just thought, "Finally, uh, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:15
And I just thought, "Finally, uh,
SARAH: Dave Drake was one of the most proficient potters - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
SARAH: Dave Drake was one of the most proficient potters
He would inscribe, at a time when it was, you know, illegal - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:12
He would inscribe, at a time when it was, you know, illegal
And he was a master. An artistic master. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
And he was a master. An artistic master.
David Drake was in Two Centuries of Black American Art. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
David Drake was in Two Centuries of Black American Art.
And what it also reminds us is that - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
And what it also reminds us is that
Introducing Dave's story would mean there was a-- - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
Introducing Dave's story would mean there was a--
And that by bringing him up, maybe it wouldn't mean - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
And that by bringing him up, maybe it wouldn't mean
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