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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

The first major exhibition that focuses on Black artor cultural production, before Two...

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The first major exhibition that focuses on Black art
or cultural production, before Two Centuries
of Black American Art is Harlem on My Mind
by The Met in 1968

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VALERIE: The first major exhibition
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that focuses on Black art or cultural production,
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before Two Centuries of Black American Art
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is Harlem on My Mind by The Met in 1968.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:31
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.
Which received a huge backlash from the community itself. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
Which received a huge backlash from the community itself.
Why? It was not authored by anyone who looked like - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
Why? It was not authored by anyone who looked like
It framed it almost in an anthropological framework, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:12
It framed it almost in an anthropological framework,
It did not take into account - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
It did not take into account
For all of the desires of the curators, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
For all of the desires of the curators,
I think it is an honest portrayal - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:12
I think it is an honest portrayal
REPORTER: Some people, especially some Harlem citizens - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:11
REPORTER: Some people, especially some Harlem citizens
They said that Harlem people, Harlem-born people, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
They said that Harlem people, Harlem-born people,
They said it's too slick, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
They said it's too slick,
On the other hand, uh, there have been others, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:16
On the other hand, uh, there have been others,
Again, this is, uh, these diametrically opposed opinions. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
Again, this is, uh, these diametrically opposed opinions.
Harlem as a kind of fanciful, mystical magical subject - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
Harlem as a kind of fanciful, mystical magical subject
But the artists who were doing the work, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
But the artists who were doing the work,
And that exception is that they included the photographs - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
And that exception is that they included the photographs
The fact that they included him turned out to be a revelation. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
The fact that they included him turned out to be a revelatio...
Because Van Der Zee's work documented much of the cultural - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
Because Van Der Zee's work documented much of the cultu...
The rituals and ceremonies of people who lived there. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
The rituals and ceremonies of people who lived there.
And his name became a name we all knew, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
And his name became a name we all knew,
DAVID: My reaction was that - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:16
DAVID: My reaction was that
Doing The Two Centuries gave me the chance - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:15
Doing The Two Centuries gave me the chance