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Doing The Two Centuries gave me the chance
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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Doing The Two Centuriesgave me the chance to, uh, bridge the gapto a certain extent...

Doing The Two Centuries
gave me the chance to, uh, bridge the gap
to a certain extent between what, uh, I thought The Met should
have been doing from day one

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Doing The Two Centuries gave me the chance
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to, uh, bridge the gap to a certain extent
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between what,
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uh, I thought The Met should have been doing from day one.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:29
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.
MARY: People like Romare Bearden, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
MARY: People like Romare Bearden,
MAURICE: Why are museums so resistant - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
MAURICE: Why are museums so resistant
For the first time, perhaps ever, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
For the first time, perhaps ever,
Faith Ringgold was a prime agitator in this time period. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
Faith Ringgold was a prime agitator in this time period.
She was protesting at The Whitney, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
She was protesting at The Whitney,
I believe thoroughly and completely in freedom of speech. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
I believe thoroughly and completely in freedom of speech.
♪ (QUIET MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:11
♪ (QUIET MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
And what I heard was this, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
And what I heard was this,
And, um, Studio Museum did not give her a show. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
And, um, Studio Museum did not give her a show.
They weren't a lot of women back in those days - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
They weren't a lot of women back in those days
And she had all these big paintings - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
And she had all these big paintings
And so she started doing these, uh, soft sculptures. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
And so she started doing these, uh, soft sculptures.
And she would take the soft sculptures - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
And she would take the soft sculptures
Not only Black women artists, but on women artists in general. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
Not only Black women artists, but on women artists in genera...
Because she understood that it wasn't just an issue - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
Because she understood that it wasn't just an issue
I was not invited to sit down with the men - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
I was not invited to sit down with the men
I realized I was really doing the right thing - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
I realized I was really doing the right thing
Faith Ringgold is an artist who hasn't received - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:13
Faith Ringgold is an artist who hasn't received
Her political work also had such an invective, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
Her political work also had such an invective,
I did what I wanted to do, and, uh, paid the price. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
I did what I wanted to do, and, uh, paid the price.