I documented my dearest @elenastonaker putting the final touches on her breathtaking show “Soft Cœr” up now in NYC at @thelockerroomnyc ❤️. If you’ve been with me for a while you know I’m a huge fan of Elena’s work, we even hosted a show of hers when we had the MH store on Lafayette. GO EXPERIENCE HER WORK. UP through 6/29 🌹 “In “soft-cœur”, Elena Stonaker presents a dream-world built on soft materials and illusive truths—a maximalist, hyper-feminine ecosystem blending the bodies of women with wildly growing botanicals. Laborious hand stitched plush sculptures, beaded forms, and wall-based works open like artifacts from a personal mythology- devotional in nature without disclosing to whom. The works’ cœur—“heart” in French—is less about sentiment than strategy. Here, softness is not a weakness, but a carefully crafted tool used to excavate into uncomfortable uncertainties transmuting darkness into childlike curiosity and whimsy.”