Ulysses Jenkins : without your interpretation
Ulysses Jenkins (Artist), Erin Christovale (Editor), Meg Onli (Editor), University of Pennsylvania Institute of Contemporary Art (Host institution), Hammer Museum (Host institution)
Since the 1970s, Ulysses Jenkins has interrogated questions of race and gender as they relate to ritual, history, and state power. From his work with Video Venice News, a Los Angeles media collective he founded in the early 1970s, to his involvement with the artists' group Studio Z (alongside figures such as David Hammons, Senga Nengudi, and Maren Hassinger), to his video and performance works, Jenkins explores how white supremacy is embedded in popular culture. Beginning as a painter and muralist, Jenkins was introduced to video just as the first consumer cameras were made available, and he quickly seized upon the technology as a means to broadcast critical depictions of multiculturalism. This catalog features an extensive portion of Jenkins' archive, early documentary films, photographs, and ephemera, as well as his video art
Print Book, English, 2021
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania ; Hammer Museum, Philadelphia, PA, Los Angeles, CA, 2021