Opening Reception: Friday, December 11from 6 – 9pm
On view: December 11 through January 10, 2010

Eyelevel BQE
364 Leonard Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
www.eyelevelgallery.com

Contemporary Mexican visual arts has been fixated with notions of violence and corruption for some time now. It is with welcome relief and great excitement that EyeLevel BQE presents, “H O N E S T Y”. Centrally curated around the fictional saint “San Honesto” created by Factoria de Santos, this show is a retort against the universal corruption that fundamentally frames life in modern day Mexico.

“H O N E S T Y” Features art by Mexican artists: Vena2, Ciler, Bang Buro, Dr. Morbito, Monica Ruzansky, Gabriela Alva Cal y Mayor and Luisa Gloria Mota-Velasco. To create a new yet authentically Mexican visual culture focused on honesty all artists applied the spirit of the mirror faced saint to their respective mediums, resulting in a fascinating range of 2D and 3D work reaching for a more pure sense of self.

ABOUT FACTORIA DE SANTOS
Factoría de Santos mission is to create saints to raise awareness and positively inspire the person who prays. At Factoría de Santos we believe a better world starts within ourselves. We must take responsibility of our actions, and not wait for change in others. www.factoriadesantos.com

ABOUT SAN HONESTO
San Honesto is the patron saint against corruption, protector against bribes and defender of truthfulness. San Honesto’s mirror face reflects the image of the person praying to him. Citizens of the world can give San Honesto as a gift to corrupt individuals to awaken a change in consciousness and improve their behavior. If you believe people make miracles happen, start praying to San Honesto for a more honest planet. Observance Day – December 9, International Anticorruption Day.

Honorary Guest Submission by:

Tomas Tisch - http://tomastisch.org/

Featured Artists:

DAN FUNDERBURGH – www.danfunderburgh.com

GABRIELA ARTIGAS – www.gabrielaartigas.com

BANG BURO – http://www.bangburo.com

MONICA RUZANSKY – www.monicaruzansky.com

VENA2 – http://www.vena2.com

CILER – http://www.cil3r.blogspot.com

DR.MORBITO – http://www.morbito.blogspot.com

GABRIELA ALVA CAL Y MAYOR – http://www.leairbag.com

LUISA GLORIA MOTA-VELASCO – http://www.factoriadesantos.com

TOM SMITH – http://www.tomsmithart.com