Eye Level Art

Eye Level is excited to partner with Susan G. Komen for the Cure-Lowcountry for the 2nd annual Tie One On: An Evening of Impact! event. It will be a ticketed dinner party held at the Daniel Island Club on April 22nd including a special presentation and art from Eye Level’s 103 Gallery.

It is a great honor for Eye Level Art to be hand-selected by the event organizers, as it is a world renowned foundation, and invited to share some of our most promising artists. Chris Dotson, Stacey Bradley, Brian Bustos, Evan Armstrong, and Julio Cotto are all donating work within a variety of mediums

worth thousands of dollars for the cause. Donated pieces will be set up for viewing and then entered in a silent auction held the night of the event.

Susan G. Komen lost her battle with breast cancer almost 20 years ago, but her memory lives on through the foundation her sister started as a way to honor her memory and prevent other women from having to go through this debilitating disease. The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation has become the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world, investing more than 1.3 billion dollars thus far for their cause.

Pictured are the two works generously donated by artist Julio Cotto for the event. The Night we Lost Our Home and Our Place and The Day we Found Home is Not a Place both retail for $800, and as a pair for $1500.

Work by El Kamino

Fork + Brush : Fused
Fine Dining inspired by the works of Chip7, El Kamino and Scott Parsons
Friday, March 26

About the Artist:
Brian Bustos was born in Willingboro, NJ in 1981, but in reality he is from “nowhere in particular,” after many moves as a child (New Jersey, Georgia, Korea, Kansas, Washington St. before age 13). While in high school, in Mt. Pleasant, SC the desire to explore on his own was strong. So, after graduation in 1999 he wandered around the United States, Europe, and Central America alone. Mostly surfing, drawing, and writing poems in little notebooks in dark bars. After a while he became weary of travel and in 2005 he entered Trident Technical College for a degree in Film Production. He thought that films would be a good way to get all of his visions and ideas out of his head, but films proved a slow process. So, he picked up a paint brush and began painting, drawing, and making collages daily to try and keep up with the flow of ideas filling the inside of his brain . He learned to paint by looking at books about art in the library, graffiti on the street, going to museums, and trial and error. There is a strong need to sit, listen to music and make things with his hands, a sort of road map of the things he’s seen, done, and felt. He feels that life is awesomely weird and hopes to accomplish many valiant feats.

See more of Brian’s works here.

Busy saving the city from the brick wall arm crossing and the casual head nods, Brooklyn’s own Body Language has risen from the DIY venue basements armed with the kinetic dynamite you would expect from the name. Their original music was born from weekly dance party remixes crafted by Merck Records artists Grant Wheeler and Matt Young, and graced by the soul stylings of Ms. Angelica Bess. Their efforts, which illustrate their arrival in Brooklyn, are delivered in a five track EP called “Speaks” now out on Moodgadget Records.

Since the EP release, Body Language has been burning holes in New York City dance floors appearing with the likes of Passion Pit, School of Seven Bells, Theophilus London, We Have Band, Ninjasonik and Jimmy Edgar. This beat-driven crusade continues with an appearance at the Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival featuring the Juan McClean, Designer Drugs and 33 Hz. Listeners should also expect some wonderful contributions from the trio with the hit, “Work this City”, appearing on Ghostly International’s Nocturnal Suite, a free four-part ‘Influences’ DJ Set, as well as a “Speaks” Remix Compilation, featuring the likes of Toro y Moi and Machinedrum.

Originally coaxed to Brooklyn by fellow party-throwers, CassetteNYC and Percussionlab, Body Language quickly found a welcome soapbox from which they could yell loud and clear. Armed with synths, vocoder, glockenspiel, percussion, and three graceful voices, Body Language found themselves in demand at local events and parties. That demand extended beyond their own entity as a band, and they appeared as a live back up to Theophilus London dressed as ‘the Lovers’. Body Language also served as production collaborators with Passion Pit for the inception of their debut LP, Manners. Body Language cut their teeth in the remix department, appearing on Passion Pit’s “Chunk of Change” EP with a shimmering rendition of Sleepyhead (Landau Wake Up Mix) and Machinedrum’s “Late Night Operation” EP featuring Theophilus London. Seeking to up the ante on their 2008 performances, the trio joined forces with Mickey Factz/T. London backing drummer, Ian Chang, during the turn of this year. The resulting quartet made what seemed already a locomotive electronic outfit into a sonic freight train of a crossover indie act.

These four body linguists are currently drafting up a five-track demo based on songs that for now, exist only in their live performances.

Body Language with The He’s is presented by This Is Charleston.

New work by Chip7

Eye Level Art presents the talents of artists El Kamino, Chip 7 and Scott Parsons on March 27, 2010 at the 103 Gallery with Fused: A Showcase of Graffiti in Fine Art. This group exhibition investigates the works of three artists and their artistic roots in graffiti and street level art.

About the Artists:

El Kamino is an American painter who currently lives and works in the state of Virginia.  Becoming involved with graffiti in the early nineties, he has developed a signature style that has taken on many forms over the years.  Moving away from traditional methods of spray paint, he is one of the few graffiti artists who has shifted to using a brush for his wall pieces.  While managing to maintain a presence on trains and walls, he has spent a great deal of time in the studio as well. Focusing on the animals of his surrounding environment; he depicts the interaction of birds and snakes, game fish and lures.  Using his bold brushwork and vivid palette, his paintings are a combination of illustration, graffiti, and religious iconography.

Chip7 is an American painter living and working in Virginia. His images have been inspired by a longstanding, keen interest in sci-fi themed comic books and cartoons, along with toy designs of yesteryear. A constant doodler as a child, in 1994 he became active in a newer youth activity sweeping his Jersey apartment complex, the subculture movement known as graffiti. He fell in love with the freedom of communicating ideas with the public under the cover of darkness. Working without the influence of a mentor, he developed an original technique of painting. Having ventured to Bangkok, Thailand a place where he first painted ”rookie like”  graffiti pieces in 1995, he took a job in a motor bike/sign painting shop in his father’s old neighborhood.This 6 month stay left a long lasting impression on his life as he explored the city, and spent time with his family. Returning to the U.S. he worked for a rock band touring the globe for some time, and eventually took a job as a full time studio assistant for renowned artist James Marshall (DALEK). Referred to as a rising star in the urban contemporary scene he often uses chroma-depth 3D glasses technology to increase the interactive experience of  onlooker. Shifted his time to a stronger focus on studio work his ”Brightly colored confessions of cyberpunk psychedelic fantasy” have been exhibited and collected across American cities such as LA, NY, and Seattle as well as abroad in Hong Kong, China and Antwerp, Belgium.

Scott Parsons, originally from DC, arrived in Charleston in 2000. As a child, his drawings were deeply inspired by comic books and this inspiration has served him well throughout his career. At the age of 12, he started toying with the idea of spray paint and hasn’t stopped since.  Recently, Parsons was brought in to mural the entire south wall of the patio at the Mellow Mushroom on King Street in downtown Charleston. He exhibited his vibrant and dynamic style with a balloon and firework graffiti motif.

We’re pretty proud ’round here this morning.

Eye Level Art won Best New Local Venue in the Charleston City Paper’s Best Of contest as an Editor’s Pick. You can read what they said about us here. And while you’re at it, you should check out the 103 Gallery this month for one (or all) of our many events. Trust us, there’s something for everyone. – CM

See them live Saturday, March 13 at the 103 Gallery with Corey Webb.

Doors 8pm

$10.00

Read more here.

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