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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

...Faith Ringgold,Elizabeth Catlett

�� (PIANO MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ JORDAN: ...Faith Ringgold,
Elizabeth Catlett

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JORDAN: ...Faith Ringgold, Elizabeth Catlett.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:51
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.
Those were works that were around my, um, home, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:14
Those were works that were around my, um, home,
KERRY JAMES MARSHALL: When I was in junior high school, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
KERRY JAMES MARSHALL: When I was in junior high school,
The, uh, drawing teacher had a book - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
The, uh, drawing teacher had a book
Because prior to that, you know, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
Because prior to that, you know,
When I was 15, the first oil painting I made - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:22
When I was 15, the first oil painting I made
You train yourself to a certain way of seeing form - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
You train yourself to a certain way of seeing form
And at another point, you break free from that, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
And at another point, you break free from that,
When I met Charles White, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:15
When I met Charles White,
It seemed to make a lot of sense - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
It seemed to make a lot of sense
To make pictures that had historical relevance - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:15
To make pictures that had historical relevance
I think that Kerry James Marshall has - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
I think that Kerry James Marshall has
To concentrate on just the Black subject - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
To concentrate on just the Black subject
And I think it's fascinating, not only from the point of view - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
And I think it's fascinating, not only from the point o...
KERRY: In the history of painting - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
KERRY: In the history of painting
You don't find many images of Black people in pictures. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
You don't find many images of Black people in pictures.
You certainly don't see a lot of images - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
You certainly don't see a lot of images
At the end of the 19th century, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:25
At the end of the 19th century,
And that's what abstraction sort of says, in a way, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
And that's what abstraction sort of says, in a way,
There's work that needs to be done - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
There's work that needs to be done
One of the exercises she had us do in that class - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
One of the exercises she had us do in that class