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LOCATION:Quad City Arts
DESCRIPTION:Quad City Arts will hold an opening reception for ¡°Second Act¡± by Peter Xiao and ¡°Saw You in Russia¡± by Karen Cooper. Complimentary food and beverages will be served.\n\nThe two artists will display their work from Feb. 17-March 24 at the downtown Rock Island gallery. Xiao¡¯s work is influenced by his Chinese ancestry and Cooper¡¯s work is based on visions from Russia.\n\nXiao is professor of art and graphic design at ÖйúÌå²ÊÍø. In his exhibition\, he presents recent works that ¡°dwell on time\, and awareness of its passing as we age ¡ª looking backward and forward simultaneously.¡±&nbsp\;\n\nSome of the work eulogizes friends who passed on or recalls past experiences of lasting importance while growing up\; while others\, in a more abstract language\, focus on time\, space and the body. Xiao utilizes easel paintings\, shaped wood constructions and unstretched paintings on linen to depict his ideas.\n\nCooper has always been a people watcher. ¡°People out there in the world are just SO interesting. It seems only natural to me to translate people watching events into paintings on canvas.¡± She feels that while a photo can capture a&nbsp\;person¡¯s image\, a painting can tell the person¡¯s story. Cooper has spent most of the past year living in Lipetsk\, Russia\, where she created her current body of work.\n
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SUMMARY:Opening reception for ¡°Second Act¡± by Peter Xiao
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