‘I’m Still Here’: John Obafemi Jones Brings Living Memoir to Cane Roots Art Gallery

By Shanell Spencer from The St. Croix Source

At first glance, the figures in John Obafemi Jones’ work feel celebratory, with masks, movement, and boldly layered color, while also carrying memory, survival, and a deep sense of place that reveals itself the longer you look. His upcoming exhibition at Cane Roots Art Gallery, “I’m Still Here,” is a living memoir — one still being written.

Jones, who has been making art since the age of five and working professionally since graduating from college in 1972, describes the exhibition as a “prefix” to his story...

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John Obafemi Jones seated next to his artwork as he prepares for his upcoming exhibit I’m Still Here at Cane Roots Art Gallery in St. Croix. (Photo courtesy John Obafemi Jones)