Closing Party with Pauline Decarmo: Sunday August 11th, 1-5pm

Thank you Taliesin Thomas for including Pauline Decarmo’s solo exhibition in 8 Shows to See in Upstate New York on Hyperallergic.

Final 2 Weekends! 🏃🏻‍♀️ Closing Party Sunday August 11 1-5pm 🎉 PAULINE DECARMO: ins and outs and ups and downs  Saturdays + Sundays  1-5pm  through August 11  🥊

Hello friends! See you these FINAL 2 WEEKENDS of Pauline Decarmo: ins and outs and ups and downs Closing Party with Pauline Decarmo: Next Sunday August 11th, 1-5pm Thank you to Taliesin Thomas of Hyperallergic, Sara Farrell Okamura of Art Spiel and Karlyn Benson of Two Coats of Paint for recommending Pauline Decarmo’s solo exhibition as a Hudson Valley show to see before it closes  HUGE THANK YOU to Pauline Decarmo for this extraordinary work Read more about the exhibition below  Thank you everyone! See you here SOON, 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.

Pauline Decarmo:  ins and outs and ups and downs Solo Exhibition Saturday and Sunday 1-5pm through August 11 Closing Party with Pauline Decarmo: NEXT SUNDAY, AUGUST 11TH, 1-5PM Exhibition Checklist

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.