oil on canvas; 36×48″
“Sometimes when two cultures meet, the culture with the most advanced technology wins. In this case, advanced technology does not guarantee absolute victory. Other factors may play a bigger part in the outcome of this endeavor. The human will to succeed sometimes plays a bigger part in the victory than just technology.”
ARTIST BIO: Jimi Jones, a Cincinnati artist and graphic designer, is a graduate of UC/DAAP. Jimi retired after a 27 year career as an art director in charge of display design at Procter & Gamble. He is a founding member of the Neo-Ancestralist art movement with exhibitions at the National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center in Wilberforce, Ohio, the University of Cincinnati 840 Gallery, Thomas More College, the Arts Consortium of Cincinnati, the Weston Art Gallery at the Aronoff Center for the Arts, the Harcum Art Gallery at Wilmington College, numerous shows at the Contemporary Arts Center, and the Wilber Jennings Gallery in New York; also a one man show at the Springfield Museum of Art. Jimi has a studio at the Carl Solway Gallery building in downtown Cincinnati.