Bebe le Strange
June 29 – August 12, 2005
Opening Reception: Wednesday, June 29th 6-8 pm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 
       
"Under my skin you've got my mind rearranged."
-Bebe le Strange, Heart, 1980
Carter
Barb Choit
Zoe Crosher & Leslie Grant
Benjamin Degen
Corin Hewitt
Jamie Isenstein
William Jones
Matt Keegan
Demetrius Oliver
Eileen Quinlan
Johannes Vanderbeek

Curated by Rachel Uffner and Barb Choit



D’ Amelio Terras is pleased to present Bebe le Strange, a collection of works
by emerging artists who render the human figure as unfamiliar, uncanny --or
simply strange. Through strategies such as the documentation of performative
gestures, the fragmentation of the body into parts and the endless
replication of the figure, the human subject becomes estranged from its
familiarity within the everyday.
 
Oliver, Beshty and Quinlan document their own performances, making plausible
real life situations appear subtly out of the ordinary. Carter, Isenstein,
and Keegan represent the body as a collection of fragmented parts removed from
their unified context. Degen, Choit, and Jones represent the disturbing
situation of the body on the verge of becoming its surroundings. Crosher & Grant, 
Vanderbeek, and Hewitt depict the human body as an object on which to
project personal narrative.
 
For more information about the show: 
http://www.damelioterras.com
For press and visuals requests, please contact Stevie Howell at 212.352.9460        
or at stevie@damelioterras.com