The Crack-Up at Room East

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Room East
41 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002
June 28 – August 15, 2105

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One of my favourite galleries in the Lower East Side, Room East, is hosting a group show called The Crack-Up, alongside a solo exhibition downstairs full of amazing and provocative illustrations by the artist Ebecho Muslimova. The former is filled with some fantastic pieces, but Robin Cameron and Dario Guccio steal the show with their respective ceramic and leather creations. The theme of the exhibition revolves around an F. Scott Fitzgerald quote, something you can read more about in an article on Mousse magazine's website linked below. With only a few days left, if you're able to find the time, I highly recommend a visit to the gallery before the show closes.

—Room East
—Mousse

Darja Bajagic: C6ld c6mf6rt

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Room East
41 Orchard Street
New York, NY
September 7 – October 5, 2014

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Recent Yale graduate Darja Bajagic had a few pieces on display earlier this summer as part of Room East's 'Abnormcore' group show, and is now following that with a solo-show entitled 'C6ld c6mf6rt' in the same space. While the internet-referencing collages will no doubt disturb with their hints of childhood trauma, it is her large-scale she-devil patches that really steal the show. She also provided the artwork for Restraint's new record on Endangered Species, which you can hear below.

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—Restraint: A Time With No Hands III