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It's coming back to-- -MICHELE: Basically, he said
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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

It's coming back to-- Basically, he said, "You need to go backto the drawing board," and...

It's coming back to--
-MICHELE: Basically, he said, "You need to go back
to the drawing board," and the final lines were
something like, "In time, your works will find
its own friends." There you go, yes

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-It's coming back to-- -MICHELE: Basically, he said,
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"You need to go back to the drawing board,"
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and the final lines were something like,
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"In time, your works will find its own friends."
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There you go, yes.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:40
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-- I-- I was-- I had all the credentials they had and more. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
I-- I-- I was-- I had all the credentials they had and more.
SARAH: The fact that Norman Lewis is part of it, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
SARAH: The fact that Norman Lewis is part of it,
Norman Lewis asked a question of those gathered - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
Norman Lewis asked a question of those gathered
What is a Black aesthetic? Is there one? Right? - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
What is a Black aesthetic? Is there one? Right?
The fact that Norman Lewis was asking the question for me is interesting - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
The fact that Norman Lewis was asking the question for me is...
He becomes a kind of metaphor for how difficult it is - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
He becomes a kind of metaphor for how difficult it is
You're not painting on the canvas, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
You're not painting on the canvas,
When I met this group, it wasn't just artists. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
When I met this group, it wasn't just artists.
It was composers and writers, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
It was composers and writers,
Reginald Gammon was a-- a graphic designer. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
Reginald Gammon was a-- a graphic designer.
He taught Romare Bearden how to do paste-ups, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
He taught Romare Bearden how to do paste-ups,
That was the first Romare Bearden collage. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
That was the first Romare Bearden collage.
Now, the gallery saw what Romare Bearden was doing - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:16
Now, the gallery saw what Romare Bearden was doing
The story that I've heard is that Romy, um, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:13
The story that I've heard is that Romy, um,
Uh, Norman Lewis, Emma Amos, Mayhew, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
Uh, Norman Lewis, Emma Amos, Mayhew,
And he didn't mean that pejoratively, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
And he didn't mean that pejoratively,
So Romy continued to work on his collages. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
So Romy continued to work on his collages.
And one of the artists from Spiral came - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
And one of the artists from Spiral came
He said, "You ought to photograph that and blow it up." - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
He said, "You ought to photograph that and blow it up.&...
And they became his projections, which was the work that, um, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
And they became his projections, which was the work that, um...