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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Very often, something thatwe wouldn't even consider major, like a family picnic,or the...

Very often, something that
we wouldn't even consider major, like a family picnic,
or the barbershop, how we live, what we do

Full Transcript

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Very often, something that we wouldn't even consider major,
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like a family picnic, or the barbershop,
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how we live, what we do.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:06
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.
He kind of popularized the ordinary. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
He kind of popularized the ordinary.
And in so doing, he made it his own personal statement. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
And in so doing, he made it his own personal statement.
'Cause he's looking at every aspect of our being. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
'Cause he's looking at every aspect of our being.
♪ (QUIET JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:16
♪ (QUIET JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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...