HBO’s original documentary, “Black Art: In the Absence of Light,” serves as a powerful introduction for mainstream audiences to a small cross section of the countless brilliant Black visual artists working today with a whiff of the genius that preceded them.
Forbes.com received an advance opportunity to screen the film.
Viewers with an awareness of contemporary art will be familiar with most of the material presented. No problem there. The documentary is refreshingly non-academic, presented for the premium cable network’s broad viewership.
Consider “Black Art: In the Absence of Light” a Black art history 101 class.
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