Pauline Decarmo and Taliesin Thomas In Conversation on Sunday July 28 at 2pm

Join us This Sunday at 2pm for a conversation with Pauline Decarmo and Taliesin Thomas in the LABspace courtyard. Photo of Pauline Decarmo (left) courtesy Erin Perrazzelli.

Pauline Decarmo and Taliesin Thomas In Conversation 🎤 This Sunday July 28 2pm 🎤 PAULINE DECARMO: ins and outs and ups and downs Saturdays + Sundays 1-5pm through August 11

Hello friends! We look forward to seeing you at 2pm Sunday for a Conversation with arts writer Taliesin Thomas and artist Pauline Decarmo They will discuss Pauline Decarmo’s solo exhibition, ins and outs and ups and downs The talk will be held outside in our courtyard— and the weather looks perfect! Iced coffee and baked goods courtesy Cook & Larder, and sound/music by LI If you are local, you may wish to bring a lawn chair in case we run out of seats! Huge thank you to Pauline Decarmo and Taliesin Thomas ❤️ Read more about the exhibition below  See you SUNDAY at 2! XO Ellen + Julie

Installation view of Pauline Decarmo: ins and outs and ups and downs, courtesy Kristen Palazzo. Exhibition Checklist. Inquiries: julielabspace@gmail.com.

ins and outs and ups and downs: As Hudson NY artist Pauline Decarmo began work for her second solo exhibition at LABspace, she experienced a severe flare up of chronic lymphedema, a result of cancer treatment in late 2017. This painful condition makes it impossible for Pauline to paint with her dominant hand. Fearing that she would have to postpone the show indefinitely, Pauline set out to paint the entire exhibition with her left hand. She had attempted this method of working for about three months in early 2018, while healing from a mastectomy. The resulting work is powerful, life affirming and triumphant. Pauline Decarmo has created a suite of paintings that spans the breadth of human emotion. Of this new body of work, Pauline writes: These paintings are self portraits. But they can also be a portrait of anyone— Perhaps the viewer.

Installation view of Pauline Decarmo: ins and outs and ups and downs, courtesy Kristen Palazzo. Exhibition Checklist. Inquiries: julielabspace@gmail.com.

Born in Guyana, South America and raised in Queens NY, Pauline Decarmo has lived and worked as an artist in Hudson NY for 13 years. Decarmo has exhibited with John Davis Gallery, Hudson Eye, Window on Hudson, LABspace, Circle 46 Gallery, Hudson Milliner Art Salon, Time & Space Limited, and she has participated in Hudson Open Studios and Hudson’s efforts to support Black Lives Matter.  Pauline Decarmo’s artwork was featured on the cover of July 2020’s Chronogram Magazine. She has received generous support from CREATE Council on the Arts, the 405 Project, the Heart Hudson Award, and she was selected for a residency in Rome Italy through the Rome Art Program Scholarship. Decarmo earned her BFA at Parsons School of Design and her BA at City College of New York. She currently teaches painting and drawing at City College.   Pauline Decarmo writes, I’m motivated to create art by things that move me, thrill me, and anger me. I look forward to continuing to support and promote creativity and culture in the Hudson Valley.

Taliesin Thomas, Ph.D. is an artist-philosopher, lecturer, writer, and arts professional based in Troy, NY. Since 2007, Thomas is the founding director of AW Asia and Art Issue Editions, Inc., two private art collections that serve as the basis for collaborations and curatorial projects with museums, institutions, and artists worldwide. She is also the director of the Artist Initiative and Critical Forum Program at The Arts Center of the Capital Region. Thomas has lectured widely on contemporary art and has published with Yale University Press, Hyperallergic, Chronogram, Dirt, ARTPULSE, Journal of Daoist Studies, Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, JCCA: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, and ArtAsiaPacific magazine.

Pauline Decarmo:  ins and outs and ups and downs Solo Exhibition checklist July 13-August 11, 2024 Saturdays and Sundays 1-5pm Conversation with Pauline Decarmo and Taliesin Thomas: This Sunday, July 28 at 2pm in the LABspace courtyard

LABspace 2642 NY Route 23, Hillsdale NY 12529 917-749-2857 Inquiries: julielabspace@gmail.com

LABspace is located below Hillsdale General Store, and Cook & Larder 17 miles east of Hudson NY 13 miles east of The Campus 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. In April 2024, we celebrated our sixth year of programming since taking the reins, thanks to all of you and to SJ.