University of Pennsylvania Livres

The first monograph on the groundbreaking video artist and member of the seminal Video Venice News and Studio Z groupsThis is the first major retrospective on the groundbreaking Los Angeles-based video artist Ulysses Jenkins (born 1946). Since the 1970s, 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.

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

This report details the findings of a commission from the University of Pennsylvania, established to explore modern spiritualism following a request from Henry Seybert. The 1887 edition offers an in-depth investigation into spiritualist practices and beliefs, reflecting the era's fascination with the supernatural. This high-quality reprint preserves the original text, providing valuable insights into the cultural and historical context of spiritualism during the late 19th century.

Scottish sculptor Karla Black (born 1972) constructs large-scale, site-specific sculptures using amorphous everyday materials--from dirt, chalk and dough to the powders, sprays and gooey substances we use to coat our bodies. This volume documents the major, multipart sculpture incorporating a large hanging polythene object, made at the ICA Philadelphia in 2013.