 Roland Mazuca’s painting ''Jose.'' Courtesy illustration Bihl Haus Arts presents the exhibition “Dos: Gilberto Tarin y Roland Mazuca.” It opens with a reception tomorrow from 5:30 to 8:30 pm. The exhibition continues through April 26. Gilberto Tarin describes his lyrical paintings, which he deems “expressions of sensual innocence,” as coming from “a world that is pure and clean, devoid of evil and sin.” Working with simplified, gentle figures placed in familiar yet disquieting settings—on a hospital gurney, for example— Tarin weaves universal narratives about life and death, hope and loss. Tarin’s thoughtful acrylic-on-canvas paintings pair beautifully with Roland Mazuca’s new series of drawings on clay. In these works, executed in colored slips, oxides, terra sigillata (“sealed earth,” a fine clay slip that produces a silky polished surface), and low-fire clay glazes laid down on clay sheets, Mazuca creates intimate portraits of close friends set in everyday scenes. Both artists are San Antonio natives. Tarin served in Vietnam. After his discharge, he studied fine art at the University of the Americas, in Cholula, Mexico, and at Our Lady of the Lake University. He did graduate work at the Oblate School of Theology in philosophy and theology, subjects that continue to inform his paintings. Roland Mazuca received a B.F.A. from the University of Texas at Austin, with concentrations in printmaking and sculpture. He also studied at Cooper Union in New Yorkwhere he developed an interest in ceramics. Mazuca has been an influential arts administrator in San Antonio for the past 20 years. He currently serves as Assistant Director of Blue Star Contemporary Art Center. Bihl Haus Arts is a multi-use community arts space located in a restored historic building at 2803 Fredericksburg Road. (inside the gates of Primrose at Monticello Park Senior Apartments). Gallery hours are Fridays and Saturdays, 1 to 4 p.m., and by appointment. Call 383-9723.
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