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Tuesday9/19
10:00 am5:00 pm
John Guzman: Flesh and Bone

The Blaffer Art Museum is honored to present the first solo museum exhibition of work by artist John Guzman (b. 1984). Flesh and Bone focuses on works produced in the artist’s hometown of San Antonio and the Texas debut of paintings completed during, and immediately following, time at the NXTHVN Studio Fellowship Program in New Haven, Connecticut.

As a spectator to claustrophobic psychological and physical states growing up in San Antonio’s Southside, Guzman’s monumental paintings are a byproduct of experiences, recordings, and environmental reflections. The artist abstracts the human figure to reflect the harm endured by the body, and the unrecognizable transformation brought on by years of punishment, addiction, relapse, and self-destruction.

5:30 pm7:30 pm
Elgin Street Gallery Opening

Join us for the opening reception of an enlightening exhibition that delves into the understudied graphic work of José Clemente Orozco (1883-1949), one of “Los tres grandes” of Mexican muralism.