This exhibition is an Easthaus takeover of 49 Oak entitled, Crudely Stamp'd & Half Made Up, with work of Brendan MacAllister & Isaac Kim MFA '25.
Crudely Stamp'd & Half Made Up highlights the power of intense emotion which take shape as fantastical worlds, ubiquitous freaks, and intimate storytelling which brush up against the line of truth; resulting in a fantasy that may be in fact more real then our contemporary world. Grounded in the mythical, fantasy becomes the aid we seek in times of uncertainty, revealing pathways out of the unknowns towards the aim of facilitating a reimagined structure of society.
Established in 2024, Easthaus is an artist-run contemporary apartment art gallery located in Portland, Maine. Easthaus works on a pop-up/invitation basis for exhibition planning and is supported by artist couple Drew Eastwood and Alyssa Schadhauser. It is Easthaus’ aim to give artists the agency to create, show, engage, and extend their community of like-minded individuals who are looking to network for personal friendships and potential future artistic endeavors.