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Monday, March 25, 2024

Susan Still Scott and Pearl Cowan Solo Shows, April 6-28, 2024

Susan Still Scott, Floor Bag, 2009, acrylic and vinyl paint, canvas, wood veneer, picture hanging wire, polyester fiberfill, staples, glue, 14 x 13 x 10 inches. On view in Susan Still Scott’s solo exhibition Arrows in my Quiver, opening April 6th. Inquiries: julielabspace@gmail.com. Full checklist available soon.


SAVE-THE-DATE!




SATURDAY APRIL 6

1-5PM



Opening Reception of

TWO SOLOS



GALLERY ONE
Susan Still Scott:
Arrows in my Quiver




GALLERY TWO
Pearl Cowan:

Metamorphosis



Both Exhibitions

On View

Saturdays + Sundays

1-5pm

April 6-28





Pearl Cowan, Trans Girl Being Carried To Heaven, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 16 x 14 inches. On view in Pearl Cowan’s solo exhibition Metamorphosis, opening April 6th. Pearl Cowan artwork courtesy Good Naked. Inquiries: julielabspace@gmail.com. Exhibition checklist available soon.



Hello friends,


Please Save-the-Date for TWO Solo Exhibitions opening April 6th at LABspace!




GALLERY ONE

Susan Still Scott:
Arrows in my Quiver


Rooted in the tradition of abstract painting,
Susan Still Scott makes constructed paintings that explore how materials communicate, and how formal relationships develop into narratives. Urgency is expressed in quick repairs, ripped edges, and parts that do not quite meet. Colorful exteriors belie an undercurrent of anxiety by reanimating used, neglected or otherwise damaged materials. Structures are covered and revealed by layers of paint, tape and cloth. Scott posits that the presence of a painted object is felt within the body. Through her work, she reflects the contradictory emotional and physical states that shape our lives and decisions. 





GALLERY TWO

Pearl Cowan:
Metamorphosis
New Drawings and Paintings


Pearl Cowan writes: 

Inspired by history painting and personal experience, I craft trans mythological images. These artworks reimagine the history of trans people, portraying them as powerful beings and figures of allegory. My aim is to elevate and empower the trans community through visual storytelling that blends history and personal narrative.

Pearl Cowan artwork on view courtesy
Good Naked





Opening Reception for both exhibitions: Saturday April 6, 1-5pm


Huge thank you to Susan and Pearl for your beautiful work!


We can’t wait to share it with all of you ❤️





THIS IS THE FINAL WEEKEND to see Allyson Mellberg Taylor and Jeremy Seth Taylor’s gorgeous two-person show, One Day All Of This Will Be Yours!


Saturday + Sunday 1-5pm


Closing Party This Sunday, March 31st, 1-5pm🐇


Click Here to read Taliesin Thomas’s beautifully written review of Allyson and Jeremy’s exhibition, in Chronogram.


We look forward to seeing you soon!

XO Ellen + Julie

Click to read Taliesin Thomas’s review of Allyson Mellberg Taylor and Jeremy Seth Taylor’s two-person show, in Chronogram. CLOSING PARTY THIS SUNDAY MARCH 31, 1-5PM. Full checklist here. Inquiries: julielabspace@gmail.com.





Allyson Mellberg Taylor + Jeremy Seth Taylor:


One Day All Of This Will Be Yours



Final Weekend!


Saturday + Sunday 1-5pm


Closing Party THIS SUNDAY, March 31, 1-5PM 🥂




Review in Chronogram, by Taliesin Thomas


Full Exhibition Checklist

Inquiries: julielabspace@gmail.com





SAVE-THE-DATE!


Opening Saturday April 6th, 1-5pm



GALLERY ONE
Susan Still Scott: Arrows in my Quiver


GALLERY TWO
Pearl Cowan: Metamorphosis

Artwork on view courtesy Good Naked



Visiting Hours: Saturdays + Sundays 1-5pm, April 6-28, 2024




LABspace is located below Hillsdale General Store, and Cook & Larder


17 miles east of Hudson NY • 17 miles north of Millerton NY • 11 miles west of Great Barrington MA


LABspace was founded and directed by artist Susan Jennings 2014-2018, and has been the curatorial project of artists Ellen Letcher and Julie Torres since April 2018.


Next month we’ll celebrate our sixth year of programming since taking the reins, thanks to all of you and to SJ!

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Allyson Mellberg Taylor + Jeremy Seth Taylor: Saturday March 2nd, 1-5pm

Jeremy Seth Taylor, Not Without My Dandies, 2024, egg tempera and walnut ink on paper, 7 x 5 inches. On view in One Day All Of This Will Be Yours, opening This Saturday, March 2nd, 1-5pm at LABspace.

OPENING RECEPTION

THIS SATURDAY

1-5PM



🍾



Allyson Mellberg Taylor +

Jeremy Seth Taylor:



One Day All Of This Will Be Yours



🌼

Hello friends!


We can’t wait to see you This Saturday 1-5pm for the Opening Reception of Allyson Mellberg Taylor and Jeremy Seth Taylor: One Day All Of This Will Be Yours, a two-person exhibition of new drawings and embroidery


Huge thank you to Allyson and Jeremy for this beautiful work, we are so thrilled to share it with all of you!


Allyson’s drawings are also on view at one of our favorite spaces, SEPTEMBER in Kinderhook NY, in a gorgeous group exhibition In the pale moonlight through April 7. Huge congrats to all!


HOLIDAY artwork pickups continue during our Opening Reception this Saturday 1-5pm, and also on Sunday 1-5pm


If you are expecting a shipped package from us, it is coming to you soon, thank you for your patience!


We look forward to seeing you 1-5PM SATURDAY for Allyson Mellberg Taylor and Jeremy Seth Taylor: One Day All Of This Will Be Yours!


XO Julie + Ellen




Allyson Mellberg Taylor, Two Diseases, 2024, egg tempera and homemade watercolor and ink on paper, 14 x 11 inches. On view in One Day All Of This Will Be Yours, opening This Saturday, March 2nd, 1-5pm at LABspace.



“No witchcraft, no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world. The people had done it themselves.” Rachel Carson, Silent Spring





Allyson Mellberg Taylor and Jeremy Seth Taylor write:



“One Day All Of This Will Be Yours” is an idea that is simultaneously ominous and optimistic. Building on our previous works, we explore a fascination and fraught relationship with nature and question our effect on the earth as humans.


The insidious amount of waste and pollution generated in a capitalist culture humbles us as we push back against the relentless bombardment and challenge that over-consumption creates in our world.


The human body as an embattled organism appears out of scale with elements of nature and animals, as a way to express vulnerability and humility. Physical struggle, revenge fantasies, dreamscape imagery, visualizations, all come together to create a personal symbolism when dealing with themes of chronic and environmental illness and oppressive external forces.


We are continually recycling, foraging, growing food and artist materials, in an effort to leave a smaller footprint. However, there is an ever-present system surrounding us that challenges our efforts to heal and regenerate the soil and spaces around us.


In our work we engage in visions of remediation and connection to ecosystems, and how we interact with nature.





Allyson Mellberg Taylor is a drawer, painter, printmaker, sculptor, organic vegetable and pigment gardener, zine/artist book maker, science-fiction lover, and Art Professor at James Madison University based in Charlottesville, Virginia. Allyson’s work is rooted in dystopic sci-fi and the lovely/uncomfortable space we humans attempt to occupy in nature. She has exhibited her work extensively at the regional, national, and international levels in exhibitions at LABspace, SEPTEMBER, The Drawing Now Exhibition in Paris at the Carousel Du Louvre, The Outsider Art Fair with Galerie LJ in NYC/Paris, The Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Monterrey, in Monterrey, Mexico, the Milwaukee Art Museum, The Bemis Center in Omaha, NE, The Fralin Art Museum at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA, SECCA in Winston Salem, NC, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Atlanta, GA, and Third Drawer Down in Victoria, Australia.  Allyson’s work has been featured in Juxtapoz, Hi-Fructose, Venus, Frankie, and Bust Magazines. Allyson has worked with the collective groups Booklyn (NYC), Cinders Gallery, and Team Lump (Raleigh).



Jeremy Seth Taylor is a Charlottesville based painter, printmaker, designer, bio-intensive gardener, and Assistant Professor of Art at PVCC. His work is built from a strong reverence for animals and nature. Jeremy uses traditional forms that are reminiscent of Japanese block printing, children's book illustrations, comic books, and Flemish engravings. His work finds the space where these illustrative formats converge to slur ideas of innocence and experience; where fantasy merges with ominous realism. Jeremy received an MFA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has exhibited his works at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), The Rose Museum in Boston, The Atlanta Contemporary Art Museum, La Maison Rouge in Paris, Booklyn in NYC, The Bemis Center, LABspace, Cinders Gallery, and at LUMP Gallery in NC.





Allyson Mellberg Taylor + Jeremy Seth Taylor:


One Day All Of This Will Be Yours


New drawings and embroidered works

March 2-31, 2024


Opening Reception: This Saturday March 2nd, 1-5pm


On view Saturdays + Sundays 1-5pm and by appt



LABspace

2642 NY Route 23, Hillsdale NY 12529

Inquiries: julielabspace@gmail.com

Full exhibition checklist coming soon


LABspace is located below Hillsdale General Store, and Cook & Larder


17 miles east of Hudson NY • 17 miles north of Millerton NY • 11 miles west of Great Barrington MA


LABspace was founded and directed by artist Susan Jennings 2014-2018, and has been the curatorial project of artists Ellen Letcher and Julie Torres since April 2018.


Next month, we will celebrate our sixth year of programming since taking the reins, thanks to all of you and to SJ!

Monday, February 19, 2024

MARCH 2: Allyson Mellberg Taylor + Jeremy Seth Taylor

Allyson Mellberg Taylor and Jeremy Seth Taylor, Don't Stand So Close To Me, 2023, egg tempera and homemade watercolor and ink on paper, 14 x 11 inches. On view in One Day All Of This Will Be Yours, opening March 2.

SAVE THE DATE!



Saturday March 2

1-5pm


Allyson Mellberg Taylor +

Jeremy Seth Taylor:



One Day All Of This Will Be Yours



🐇

Hello friends,


Please SAVE THE DATE for our March show!


Join us on Saturday March 2nd, 1-5pm for the Opening Reception of One Day All Of This Will Be Yours, a two-person exhibition of new drawings and embroidered works from Allyson Mellberg Taylor and Jeremy Seth Taylor


We can’t wait to share this work with you in two weeks


In the meantime, HOLIDAY artwork pickups continue TODAY through WEDNESDAY, 2-6PM


We are closed this weekend to travel to Charlottesville VA to visit with Allyson and Jeremy, and to bring their artwork back to the Hudson Valley


We look forward to seeing you here soon!


XO Julie + Ellen





HOLIDAY artwork pickups TODAY through WEDNESDAY:



TODAY, MONDAY FEB 19TH, 2-6PM

TOMORROW, TUESDAY FEB 20TH, 2-6PM

WEDNESDAY FEB 21ST, 2-6PM



Please note: WE ARE CLOSED THIS WEEKEND, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 24 + SUNDAY FEBRUARY 25


Allyson Mellberg Taylor, Bess Rider, 2024, egg tempera and homemade watercolor and ink on paper, 14 x 11 inches. On view in One Day All Of This Will Be Yours, opening March 2.

“No witchcraft, no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world. The people had done it themselves.” Rachel Carson, Silent Spring





Allyson Mellberg Taylor and Jeremy Seth Taylor write:



“One Day All Of This Will Be Yours” is an idea that is simultaneously ominous and optimistic. Building on our previous works, we explore a fascination and fraught relationship with nature and question our effect on the earth as humans.


The insidious amount of waste and pollution generated in a capitalist culture humbles us as we push back against the relentless bombardment and challenge that over-consumption creates in our world.


The human body as an embattled organism appears out of scale with elements of nature and animals, as a way to express vulnerability and humility. Physical struggle, revenge fantasies, dreamscape imagery, visualizations, all come together to create a personal symbolism when dealing with themes of chronic and environmental illness and oppressive external forces.


We are continually recycling, foraging, growing food and artist materials, in an effort to leave a smaller footprint. However, there is an ever-present system surrounding us that challenges our efforts to heal and regenerate the soil and spaces around us.


In our work we engage in visions of remediation and connection to ecosystems, and how we interact with nature.





Allyson Mellberg Taylor is a drawer, painter, printmaker, sculptor, organic vegetable and pigment gardener, zine/artist book maker, science-fiction lover, and Art Professor at James Madison University based in Charlottesville, Virginia. Allyson’s work is rooted in dystopic sci-fi and the lovely/uncomfortable space we humans attempt to occupy in nature. She has exhibited her work extensively at the regional, national, and international levels in exhibitions at LABspace, SEPTEMBER, The Drawing Now Exhibition in Paris at the Carousel Du Louvre, The Outsider Art Fair with Galerie LJ in NYC/Paris, The Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Monterrey, in Monterrey, Mexico, the Milwaukee Art Museum, The Bemis Center in Omaha, NE, The Fralin Art Museum at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA, SECCA in Winston Salem, NC, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Atlanta, GA, and Third Drawer Down in Victoria, Australia.  Allyson’s work has been featured in Juxtapoz, Hi-Fructose, Venus, Frankie, and Bust Magazines. Allyson has worked with the collective groups Booklyn (NYC), Cinders Gallery, and Team Lump (Raleigh).



Jeremy Seth Taylor is a Charlottesville based painter, printmaker, designer, bio-intensive gardener, and Assistant Professor of Art at PVCC. His work is built from a strong reverence for animals and nature. Jeremy uses traditional forms that are reminiscent of Japanese block printing, children's book illustrations, comic books, and Flemish engravings. His work finds the space where these illustrative formats converge to slur ideas of innocence and experience; where fantasy merges with ominous realism. Jeremy received an MFA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has exhibited his works at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), The Rose Museum in Boston, The Atlanta Contemporary Art Museum, La Maison Rouge in Paris, Booklyn in NYC, The Bemis Center, LABspace, Cinders Gallery, and at LUMP Gallery in NC.





Allyson Mellberg Taylor + Jeremy Seth Taylor:


One Day All Of This Will Be Yours


New drawings and embroidered works

March 2-31, 2024


Opening Reception: Saturday March 2nd, 1-5pm


On view Saturdays + Sundays 1-5pm and by appt



LABspace

2642 NY Route 23, Hillsdale NY 12529

Inquiries: julielabspace@gmail.com

Full exhibition checklist coming soon


LABspace is located below Hillsdale General Store, and Cook & Larder


17 miles east of Hudson NY • 17 miles north of Millerton NY • 11 miles west of Great Barrington MA


LABspace was founded and directed by artist Susan Jennings 2014-2018, and has been the curatorial project of artists Ellen Letcher and Julie Torres since April 2018.


This April, we will celebrate our sixth year of programming since taking the reins, thanks to all of you and to SJ!