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Black Art: In the Absence of Light

When I started to decide that I wantedto make these paintings, the scale was really...

When I started to decide that I wanted
to make these paintings, the scale was really important

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When I started to decide
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that I wanted to make these paintings,
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the scale was really important.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:09:36
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.
I wanted them to feel like they could step out of the canvas - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
I wanted them to feel like they could step out of the canvas
♪ (FUNKY MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
♪ (FUNKY MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
When I was a resident at the Studio Museum in Harlem, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
When I was a resident at the Studio Museum in Harlem,
And she came into my studio and she, uh, made a comment - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
And she came into my studio and she, uh, made a comment
And I remember thinking that that felt very far fetched - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
And I remember thinking that that felt very far fetched
It was like, "I'm a portrait painter," - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
It was like, "I'm a portrait painter,"
And the fact that she said landscape - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:14
And the fact that she said landscape
I look at my body of work and I see - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:14
I look at my body of work and I see
Being at the Studio Museum in Harlem brought me home. - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:05
Being at the Studio Museum in Harlem brought me home.
All the resources within that institution - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:10
All the resources within that institution
There's an oasis for me there, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
There's an oasis for me there,
There is a real community of people who care about me, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
There is a real community of people who care about me,
And that investment can take you, you know, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
And that investment can take you, you know,
SARAH: The Studio Museum has created - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
SARAH: The Studio Museum has created
It gives artists studio space, time, a community - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:07
It gives artists studio space, time, a community
From that, we have some of our-- - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:06
From that, we have some of our--
KERRY: I was an artist in residence - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:04
KERRY: I was an artist in residence
You can understand from experience, - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:11
You can understand from experience,
So it's the place where you can go - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:08
So it's the place where you can go
And it mattered, that there was a place - Black Art: In the Absence of Light 00:09
And it mattered, that there was a place