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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

I spend time looking atthe image and really trying to parse out from itan emotion or sense...

I spend time looking at
the image and really trying to parse out from it
an emotion or sense of feeling that I think is going to be the
aura of the painting as a whole

Full Transcript

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I spend time looking at the image and really trying
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to parse out from it an emotion or sense of feeling
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that I think is going to be the aura of the painting as a whole.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:08:02
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'm pulling colors that I think are most vibrant - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
I'm pulling colors that I think are most vibrant
I always start with their faces and their eyes. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
I always start with their faces and their eyes.
Um, it's an opportunity to really connect with them. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
Um, it's an opportunity to really connect with them.
And then I can make everything else happen - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
And then I can make everything else happen
You know, she is working in the tradition - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
You know, she is working in the tradition
But she's bringing to it her own unique perspective - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:12
But she's bringing to it her own unique perspective
JORDAN: I made the decision - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:12
JORDAN: I made the decision
And my, um, initial decision in representing them nude - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:13
And my, um, initial decision in representing them nude
♪ (FUNKY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
♪ (FUNKY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
When I started to decide - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
When I started to decide
I wanted them to feel like they could step out of the canvas - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
I wanted them to feel like they could step out of the canvas
♪ (FUNKY MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
♪ (FUNKY MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
When I was a resident at the Studio Museum in Harlem, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
When I was a resident at the Studio Museum in Harlem,
And she came into my studio and she, uh, made a comment - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
And she came into my studio and she, uh, made a comment
And I remember thinking that that felt very far fetched - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
And I remember thinking that that felt very far fetched
It was like, "I'm a portrait painter," - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
It was like, "I'm a portrait painter,"
And the fact that she said landscape - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:14
And the fact that she said landscape
I look at my body of work and I see - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:14
I look at my body of work and I see
Being at the Studio Museum in Harlem brought me home. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
Being at the Studio Museum in Harlem brought me home.
All the resources within that institution - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
All the resources within that institution