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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Painting was tooreadily recognized, too quick from the hand,too, um, gestural, too...

Painting was too
readily recognized, too quick from the hand,
too, um, gestural, too personality-laden perhaps

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Painting was too readily recognized,
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too quick from the hand, too, um, gestural,
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too personality-laden perhaps.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:59:55
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.
And I wanted to distance myself from the idea - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:13
And I wanted to distance myself from the idea
SARAH: Kara Walker is a crucible - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
SARAH: Kara Walker is a crucible
You know, I have an enormous amount of respect for her willingness - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:27
You know, I have an enormous amount of respect for her willi...
Love the work. Hate the work. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
Love the work. Hate the work.
If you don't, you're not reckoning - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
If you don't, you're not reckoning
Is a sense of irreverence - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
Is a sense of irreverence
I think they push against what they see is the perversity... - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
I think they push against what they see is the perversity...
Sexual perversity, degradation of Black bodies - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
Sexual perversity, degradation of Black bodies
So to pull on that history and to play upon that history - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
So to pull on that history and to play upon that history
KARA: I'm not trying to, like, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
KARA: I'm not trying to, like,
My approach initially was, um... - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
My approach initially was, um...
My fantasy, my fear, my humanity, my clownishness, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
My fantasy, my fear, my humanity, my clownishness,
There's all these narrative tropes, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
There's all these narrative tropes,
Some are parading around in broad daylight. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
Some are parading around in broad daylight.
Some are unconscious fantasies, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
Some are unconscious fantasies,
♪ (JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:12
♪ (JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
It was a good collaboration, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
It was a good collaboration,
What do you wanna do?" - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
What do you wanna do?"
Made out of sugar." - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
Made out of sugar."
The sphinx became a-- a kind of monumental marker. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
The sphinx became a-- a kind of monumental marker.