Sue de Beer at Postmasters opens on February 15

With greetings from Postmistress comes the most recent press release
and some gallery news/links and tidbits, cheers, Magda Sawon

for immediate release

february 15 - march 15, 2003
SUE DE BEER 'Hans und Grete"

opening reception: saturday, february 15, 6-8 pm


Postmasters Gallery is pleased to present "Hans und Grete" -
a two channel video installation by Sue de Beer. On view between
February 15 and March 15,this will be Sue de Beer's first exhibition
at Postmasters. Completed in 2002, "Hans und Grete" was made during
de Beer's residency at the American Academy in Berlin. Interweaving
the stories of four protagonists, it portrays the psychological lives
and dark obsessions of American teens. The video reenacts grotesque
incidents of real life youth violence culled from the recent history
of American school shootings,interspersing these actual events with
references to past icons of the underground, specifically the
glamorized revolutionaries of the Baader Meinhof terrorist
group."Hans und Grete" links calculated acts of violence with the
escapist fantasies of the youth subcultures of psychedelic rock,
metal, goth and video games, examining the allure of revolution, and
of destruction.
The video will be presented on a custom made hinged screen
positioned within an installation of a carpeted teenager's room with
oversized stuffed animals that will serve as seating for the
audience. In the second gallery we will present photographic stills
shot by de Beer during the production of "Hans und Grete."

An essay by Stephen Hilger "A Look at Hans und Grete" from
the catalog of Sue De Beer published by American Academy in Berlin
and Kunstlerhaus Bethanien is available upon request by fax or e-mail.


De Beer received her MFA in 1998 from the Columbia University School
of Art, and her BFA from the Parsons School of Design in 1995. Her
work has been exhibited widely, including exhibitions at the Brooklyn
Museum, the New Museum for ContemporaryArt, Deitch Projects, and the
Jack Tilton Gallery in New York City, Los Angeles Contemporary
Exhibitions and the Sandroni Rey Gallery in Los Angeles, the Center
of Contemporary Art in Seattle, the Yerba Buena Center in San
Francisco, Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporaneo, Centro Museo
Jose Guerrero, and Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo, in Spain, the
Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum in Graz, Austria, Gallerie
Jousse Seguin in Paris, Joao Ferriera Fine Art in Cape Town South
Africa, and many others. 'Hans Und Grete' is scheduled for exhibition
at Kunst Werke in Berlin, September 2003

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Postmasters Gallery, located in Chelsea at 459 West 19th Street
(corner of 10th Avenue), is open Tuesday through Saturday 11am to 6
pm. Please contact Magdalena Sawon with any questions that you might
have.
http://www.postmastersart.com
[email protected] or [email protected]

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We are also pleased to let you know that "Accept" - an exhibition of
PERRY HOBERMAN which just concluded at the gallery has now been moved
into virtual realm:
http://www.perryhoberman.com/accept/
3-D glasses are recommended but not necessary

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Postmasters Gallery will be participating in the Armory Show 2003
march 6-10, 2003 We will be presenting works by:
LC Armstrong, Sue de Beer, Diana Cooper, Spencer Finch, Perry
Hoberman, Paul Johnson, Katarzyna Kozyra, Steve Mumford, Jennifer and
Kevin McCoy and rotating screenings of Claude Wampler, Eddo Stern,
John Klima, and Omer Fast.
The lack of reliable Internet connection at the fair (!!!!) will
unfortunately prevent us from showing a new work by Maciej Wisniewski
currently on view at ZKM in Karsruhe , Natalie Jeremijenko, John
Klima and other network based projects we are involved with.

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upcoming schedule:

opening March 22 OMER FAST
opening April 26 CLAUDE WAMPLER
opening May 31 a group show (tba) and a video by GUY BEN-NER

on Sunday April 20 we will present a special one day
event/performance - an introduction of the elusive MOUCHETTE
http://www.mouchette.org
this event will be organized in collaboration with Franklin Furnace

upcoming fall 2003:

sept/oct EDDO STERN
oct/nov LC ARMSTRONG
nov/dec JOHN KLIMA