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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Lesser understood, unbuilt

lesser understood, unbuilt

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5 seconds
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24
Timestamp in Movie
01:15:41
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
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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.
Dirt, that with skill and a knowledge of form... - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
Dirt, that with skill and a knowledge of form...
One could then take this stuff - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
One could then take this stuff
And that the only limitation between dirt - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
And that the only limitation between dirt
And so, this idea that we could be, uh, active participants - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
And so, this idea that we could be, uh, active participants
And that the actors, the makers of the 60s and 70s, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
And that the actors, the makers of the 60s and 70s,
♪ (MUSIC STOPS) ♪ - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
♪ (MUSIC STOPS) ♪
There were, like, all these amazing makers. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
There were, like, all these amazing makers.
I, like, read and read - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
I, like, read and read
And I just thought, "Finally, uh, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:15
And I just thought, "Finally, uh,
SARAH: Dave Drake was one of the most proficient potters - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
SARAH: Dave Drake was one of the most proficient potters
He would inscribe, at a time when it was, you know, illegal - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:12
He would inscribe, at a time when it was, you know, illegal
And he was a master. An artistic master. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
And he was a master. An artistic master.
David Drake was in Two Centuries of Black American Art. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
David Drake was in Two Centuries of Black American Art.
And what it also reminds us is that - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
And what it also reminds us is that
Introducing Dave's story would mean there was a-- - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
Introducing Dave's story would mean there was a--
And that by bringing him up, maybe it wouldn't mean - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
And that by bringing him up, maybe it wouldn't mean
It was the beginning of a kind of hopefulness within Blackness - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:11
It was the beginning of a kind of hopefulness within Blackne...
When I was only making pots, when I was just working in clay, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:13
When I was only making pots, when I was just working in clay...
So I graduated, if you will, into using whatever. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
So I graduated, if you will, into using whatever.
So I went from being a potter to being a conceptualist. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
So I went from being a potter to being a conceptualist.