Theaster Gates

from Free Lunch, Vol. 3: Rap Ballads by Free Tillman

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Do we have the capacity to be great creatures in the absence of light? If blackness has something to do with the absence of light, does creating Black art mean that sometimes I’m making when no one's looking? And for the most part that has been the truth of our lives. Is there a light? Yes. But until we own the light I’m not happy. Until we’re in our own houses of exhibition of discovery, of research, until we’ve figured out a way to be masters of our own art world then I’d rather work in darkness. I’d rather work in darkness because at least I know that I'm working. I don’t want to work only when the light comes on. My fear is that we’re being trained and conditioned to only create if there’s a light. And that makes us codependent on a thing that we don’t control. Are you willing to create art in the absence of light?