Black Art: In the Absence of Light

2021

1h 25m

6.9(11 votes)

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Overview

An introduction to the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today, inspired by the late David Driskell's landmark 1976 exhibition, "Two Centuries of Black American Art."

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Kerry James Marshall

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Kehinde Wiley

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Carrie Mae Weems

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Amy Sherald

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Jordan Casteel

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Hank Willis Thomas

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Mary LoveLace O'Neal

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Richard Mayhew

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Lyle Ashton Harris

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Radcliffe Bailey

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Glenn Ligon

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Kara Walker

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Fred Wilson

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Theaster Gates

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Nick Cave

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Kendall Carter

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Sanford Biggers

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David C. Driskell

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Faith Ringgold

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Alison Saar

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Betye Saar

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McArthur Binion

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Valerie Cassel Oliver

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Mary Schmidt Campbell

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Sarah Lewis

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Swizz Beatz

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Denise Nicholas

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Pamela Newkirk

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Michele Wallace

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Rujeko Hockley

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Linda C. Harrison

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Bernard Lumpkin

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Richard J. Powell

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Maurice Berger

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Tom Brokaw

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