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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

When someone buys your work, it's not ever really aboutthe money for an artist, it's about...

When someone buys your work, it's not ever really about
the money for an artist, it's about the vote
of confidence

Full Transcript

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When someone buys your work,
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it's not ever really about the money for an artist,
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it's about the vote of confidence.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:14
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.
It's really someone saying, "Keep doing what you're doing. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
It's really someone saying, "Keep doing what you&#...
I'm making space for you to make new things." - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:28
I'm making space for you to make new things."
I think it's absolutely necessary - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
I think it's absolutely necessary
VALERIE: It's important when they see - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
VALERIE: It's important when they see
It's important when they know that P. Diddy - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
It's important when they know that P. Diddy
They see the people that they celebrate and admire doing that, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
They see the people that they celebrate and admire doing tha...
Art is to be collected. It is to be lived with. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
Art is to be collected. It is to be lived with.
The collectors, or the patrons, or supporters - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
The collectors, or the patrons, or supporters
And have to have a kind of a mindset that says, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:25
And have to have a kind of a mindset that says,
Because that's the way that, you know, I, as a young artist, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
Because that's the way that, you know, I, as a young ar...
Not in people's houses, but in museums, you know. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
Not in people's houses, but in museums, you know.
So I think its super important that Black collectors, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
So I think its super important that Black collectors,
♪ (JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:11
♪ (JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Uh, and for me, it's about looking at everything - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
Uh, and for me, it's about looking at everything
I look at their collections as much as I can, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
I look at their collections as much as I can,
It's often not what anyone says specifically, in-- - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:14
It's often not what anyone says specifically, in--
I usually have a notebook - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
I usually have a notebook
It's, you know, things that I see, that I want to see again, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
It's, you know, things that I see, that I want to see a...
What you see or view is one thing - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
What you see or view is one thing
Whereas the public only sees what is created for them - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
Whereas the public only sees what is created for them