University Art Gallery Western Illinois University
Department of Art
 


Makers Making: Paintings by Peter Tong Xiao
Monday, August 22 - Thursday, September 22, 2005
Public Reception: Tuesday, August 30, 6-8 p.m.
Closing Gallery Talk by Peter Tong Xiao: Thursday, September 22, 12:00 noon in the Gallery.

Peter Xiao, Rope and Frame
Rope and Frame
, oil on canvas, 31 x 42"

This exhibition presents figurative paintings by Quad-Cities artist Peter Tong Xiao. The work focuses on figural formation and the creative process expressed through ironic presence of figures absent in narrative content. Xiao teaches at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.

Additional work by Peter Xiao can be viewed at www.picassomio.com/peterxiao.

The Gallery Talk program is co-sponsored by the University Art Gallery, the Visiting Lectures Committee and the Council on Student Activities Funds.