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Remembering Ulysses Jenkins (1946–2026), Contemporary Griot

May 01, 2026
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Ulysses Jenkins speaks into a microphone wearing a bold geometric-patterned jacket and a red, white, and blue headband, standing against a gray wall.

Ulysses Jenkins performing Without Your Interpretation with the band Life in the Park, with Debris, Lhasa Club, West Hollywood, CA, 1984.

UJ understood LA, his home city, not as backdrop but as medium

Remembering Ulysses Jenkins (1946–2026), Contemporary Griot — Artforum

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