Eight Years Nine Months Six Hours

Abstract

Excerpt from essay by Tamara Machmut-Jhashi: "The exhibition of paintings by Peter Williams at the Meadow Brook Art Gallery represents nearly ten years of work by one of the most prolific artists working in Detroit today. The Oakland University community as well as the greater Detroit area is fortunate to have the opportunity to see a number of canvases by this highly accomplished painter. Williams, a professor of painting at Wayne State University for the past thirteen years, presents the viewer with beautifully executed works that offer a challenging panoply of images. Autobiographical in nature, the images in Williams's paintings constitute a complex set of signs and symbols that are ultimately about crossing boundaries, both personal and cultural. In short, what do these provocative images tell us about the artist? What do they tell us about ourselves?"