As a flexible, experimental space, 49 Oak presents student work and hosts activities tied to classroom projects, from popup shops to exhibitions. Administered by Artists at Work with faculty support, students learn how to curate, install, promote, document, sell, and staff exhibitions. During summer months, programming focuses on work created by the College’s alumni network.

Drew Eastwood

тᕼ𝔼 ά𝓜𝔢ŘᎥℂ𝔞𝔫 ¥Ｏ𝓾𝓽ʰ 𝐁Ⓐ𝐆

May 19th - June 14th, 2025

Reception: June 6th, 6-9pm (First Friday)

тᕼ𝔼 ά𝓜𝔢ŘᎥℂ𝔞𝔫 ¥Ｏ𝓾𝓽ʰ 𝐁Ⓐ𝐆 is solo exhibition brought to you by Drew Eastwood which champions collage in its ability to be transformative both materially & conceptually. Through a playful piecing together of present and historical marginalia from contemporary life, collage becomes a catalyst to create oneself anew.

The works presented in, тᕼ𝔼 ά𝓜𝔢ŘᎥℂ𝔞𝔫 ¥Ｏ𝓾𝓽ʰ 𝐁Ⓐ𝐆, references the plethora of lifestyle models which allow individuals to find, test out and to construct their sense of personal identity. Thorough mischievously piecing together hopelessly fragmented identities—harlequin figures emerge. In their presence these eccentric characters present potential future selves made in the now, having acknowledged yet shed the harmful stereotypes of the past. Placed in wryly poses and set in esoteric scenes these harlequin characters lay bare the phantasmagoric nature of modern life. Their colorful, zany, and jester-like appearances embody vehement individuality taking themselves simply as they are. In the efforts of finding kinship with yourself and those around you. In a time where overchoice is ever rampant and identity feels hopelessly fragmented. The self-assurance exuded by figure and form is a reminder to be passionately definitive in life and wholefully yourself.

By reaching into тᕼ𝔼 ά𝓜𝔢ŘᎥℂ𝔞𝔫 ¥Ｏ𝓾𝓽ʰ 𝐁Ⓐ𝐆, you are able to subvert archaic lifestyle models bringing into question the morals and ethics behind simply existing in our seemingly ever-present tumultuous contemporary world.