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For that reason, I can just stand in front
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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

For that reason,I can just stand in front of one of her paintings for,you know, hours....

For that reason,
I can just stand in front of one of her paintings for,
you know, hours. (LAUGHS) I think a lot of galleries
are now picking up Black artists because there is this, you know,
like, gold rush

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For that reason, I can just stand in front
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of one of her paintings for, you know, hours. (LAUGHS)
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I think a lot of galleries are now picking up Black artists
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because there is this, you know, like, gold rush.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:37
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.
I say that it's because we're making - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
I say that it's because we're making
I think there is absolutely, kind of, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:11
I think there is absolutely, kind of,
They just perhaps have not been part of the mainstream. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
They just perhaps have not been part of the mainstream.
♪ (HIP HOP MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
♪ (HIP HOP MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
The Dean Collection is promoting, uh, living artists. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
The Dean Collection is promoting, uh, living artists.
I love being a disruptive. I love activism. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
I love being a disruptive. I love activism.
Coming from the Bronx - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
Coming from the Bronx
I got the bug. And then what I did was - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
I got the bug. And then what I did was
Most of the galleries used to, uh, not take me serious. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
Most of the galleries used to, uh, not take me serious.
♪ (MUSIC STOPS) ♪ - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
♪ (MUSIC STOPS) ♪
Because Swizz has allowed himself to be positioned - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
Because Swizz has allowed himself to be positioned
Swizz and, um, Puff Daddy - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
Swizz and, um, Puff Daddy
And there're a lot of people who look at what they're doing - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
And there're a lot of people who look at what they'...
Uh, Swizz has built a collection of Gordon Parks' photographs - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
Uh, Swizz has built a collection of Gordon Parks' photo...
In fact, it is the largest collection - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
In fact, it is the largest collection
All we want to do is preserve a piece of, uh, Gordon's legacy - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
All we want to do is preserve a piece of, uh, Gordon's ...
The Dean Collection started out - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
The Dean Collection started out
♪ (JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:11
♪ (JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
And then I started getting, uh, people writing me back saying, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
And then I started getting, uh, people writing me back sayin...
I'm like, "No, thank you for what?" - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
I'm like, "No, thank you for what?"