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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

I met Faith Ringgold, when I was in graduate schoolat Syracuse

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at Syracuse

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MARY: I met Faith Ringgold,
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when I was in graduate school at Syracuse.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:34
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.
And what I heard was this, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
And what I heard was this,
And, um, Studio Museum did not give her a show. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
And, um, Studio Museum did not give her a show.
They weren't a lot of women back in those days - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
They weren't a lot of women back in those days
And she had all these big paintings - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
And she had all these big paintings
And so she started doing these, uh, soft sculptures. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
And so she started doing these, uh, soft sculptures.
And she would take the soft sculptures - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
And she would take the soft sculptures
Not only Black women artists, but on women artists in general. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
Not only Black women artists, but on women artists in genera...
Because she understood that it wasn't just an issue - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
Because she understood that it wasn't just an issue
I was not invited to sit down with the men - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
I was not invited to sit down with the men
I realized I was really doing the right thing - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
I realized I was really doing the right thing
Faith Ringgold is an artist who hasn't received - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:13
Faith Ringgold is an artist who hasn't received
Her political work also had such an invective, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
Her political work also had such an invective,
I did what I wanted to do, and, uh, paid the price. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
I did what I wanted to do, and, uh, paid the price.
I think it's also partly that she is... - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
I think it's also partly that she is...
Extremely courageous, ahead of her time. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
Extremely courageous, ahead of her time.
Very fierce in her work, loving in her work. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
Very fierce in her work, loving in her work.
She doesn't accept anyone else's leadership - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
She doesn't accept anyone else's leadership
Which by the way, I think is what it means to be an artist. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
Which by the way, I think is what it means to be an artist.
DAVID: One of the great American artists, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
DAVID: One of the great American artists,
It was in the tradition - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
It was in the tradition