UPSTATE ART WEEKEND: THURSDAY JULY 18-SUNDAY JULY 21, 12-6PM

Pauline Decarmo at the opening reception of her Solo Exhibition, ins and outs and ups and downs. Photo courtesy Erin Perrazzelli. Exhibition checklist.

UPSTATE ART WEEKEND THURSDAY-SUNDAY 12-6PM 🎉 PAULINE DECARMO: ins and outs and ups and downs

Hello friends! See you here Thursday-Sunday 12-6pm for Upstate Art Weekend! On view is Pauline Decarmo’s Solo Exhibition: ins and outs and ups and downs Find us at #70 on the map Huge thank you to Pauline Decarmo for her extraordinary work Read more about Pauline’s exhibition below See you soon! XO Ellen + Julie

A visitor. Photo courtesy Kristi Sangster. Inquiries: julielabspace@gmail.com. Exhibition checklist.

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.

Pauline Decarmo: ins and outs and ups and downs Solo Exhibition July 13-August 11, 2024 Exhibition Checklist Extended hours for Upstate Art Weekend: Thursday July 18th-Sunday July 21st, 12-6pm Normal Gallery Hours: Saturdays and Sundays 1-5pm through August 11th SAVE-THE-DATE: Conversation with Pauline Decarmo and Taliesin Thomas: Sunday July 28th at 2pm Pauline Decarmo has received generous funding from the Columbia County Legislature, administered by CREATE Council on the Arts.

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 Upstate 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, we celebrated our sixth year of programming since taking the reins, thanks to all of you and to SJ.