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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Her figures are often faced with a very strong,fixed gaze at the viewer

Her figures are often faced with a very strong,
fixed gaze at the viewer

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Her figures are often faced
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with a very strong, fixed gaze at the viewer.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:21
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 people have written a lot about and she's talked about - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
And people have written a lot about and she's talked ab...
And one of things that's happening is - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:13
And one of things that's happening is
That sense of always being looked at - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
That sense of always being looked at
Your African self. Your American self. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
Your African self. Your American self.
And so I think painters are very interested - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
And so I think painters are very interested
The eyes tell you what's in the soul and for me, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
The eyes tell you what's in the soul and for me,
They are these archetypes that know they are present. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
They are these archetypes that know they are present.
They're maybe subversively, um, confrontational, if you will. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
They're maybe subversively, um, confrontational, if you...
But it's definitely a response to a lot of images I saw growing up - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:14
But it's definitely a response to a lot of images I saw...
You know, so this is my way of nodding my head - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
You know, so this is my way of nodding my head
And so, I like the paintings, um, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
And so, I like the paintings, um,
And I think that creates a different kind of sensation. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
And I think that creates a different kind of sensation.
And what's interesting is that almost always, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
And what's interesting is that almost always,
They may be kind of charcoal or blueish. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
They may be kind of charcoal or blueish.
So already, she's alerted you to the fact that, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:25
So already, she's alerted you to the fact that,
So she puts the exterior-interior, I think, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
So she puts the exterior-interior, I think,
For that reason, I can just stand in front - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:14
For that reason, I can just stand in front
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.