Mark Patsfall Graphics, established in 1981, has evolved from its humble origins in Patsfall’s home garage to its present location on Clay Street in downtown Cincinnati, to become one of the premiere fine art presses in the region. Patsfall has collaborated for nearly two decades with regional, national, and international artists to produce prints of the finest quality in all printmaking mediums.

Nineteen black-and-white portraits of legendary jazz musicians, including John Coltrane, Nina Simone, Thelonious Monk, Wayne Shorter, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, and Cannonball Adderley, by Cincinnati-born photographer Ave Pildas, who now lives in Los Angeles. These photographs were taken during performances in nightclubs, after-hours venues, and jazz festivals in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Chicago while Pildas worked for DownBeat magazine in the 1960s.

“Up until now, those images have been entirely forgotten, languishing in a loose-leaf binder full of negatives and contact sheets, secreted in a storage space in his home. His willingness to revisit those times and places give us a unique window on the music from two cities that were considered secondary markets in the business of jazz.” - Kirk Silsbee

Yoko Ono (b. 1933), PEACE  is  POWER, 2017, Poster, 14 x 17 inches

First presented in 2017 as a full-page advertisement in The New York Times at the invitation of The Museum of Modern Art, and subsequently installed as a wall of responses prominently at The Museum of Modern Art, PEACE  is  POWER transforms a simple phrase into both a declaration and a call to action. Since then, it has appeared on billboards and posters around the world, in museums and exhibitions, and in a wide range of other public and printed forms, reflecting Ono's longstanding belief that peace is something we create together through thought and action.

Free poster available during the Solway Gallery exhibitions