New York City - Dorfman Projects is pleased to present "Night Party: Shooting Stair," the first annual event that brings friends together outside of the gallery to celebrate new work and additions to programs. The title piece for this event is a light installation by Brooklyn based artist Raphaele Shirley. Also featured is a new sculptural installation by Mia Feuer and two videos by Eve Sussman.

The focal point of the evening, "Shooting Stair," is a sculptural installation commissioned by Dorfman Projects and created by Shirley that combines lasers, water fog, and the changing features of its environment. For this work, Shirley mingles the spatial clarity and structure of minimalism with the ephemeral, virtual qualities of new media and technology. Using the lasers to draw lines and planes in space, she constructs both the real, architectural space of the stairs and the changing, imagined space into which they extend.

Karen Goerl, Justin Friedman, and Savannah Hoge.

Diller & Scofidio's Blur Building, with its weather contingent mist, was a major source of inspiration for "Shooting Stair." In Shirley's work however, the idea of a tangible, habitable structure is instead transformed into concept and possibility. As with many contemporaries such as Jeppe Hein, Rafael Lozano Hemmer, and Spencer Finch, Shirley's work aims to capture elusive, enigmatic subjects and phenomena and document them via the finite, quantitative renderings of new media and technology. Her work examines real and imagined histories, memories, spaces, and the complexities of perception. Upcoming projects include "Jewels of Kvinesdal," a 30-foot diameter multimedia sculpture and outdoor public art commission to be installed in the south of Norway, opening November 2009.

Fred Dorfman has been building his private collection and program with Dorfman Projects for over 30 years. He has worked with artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Alex Katz, Laurie Simmons, Marilyn Minter, Robert Longo, Keith Haring, Sol Lewitt, and Barbara Kruger. Fred stands by his integrity, expertise, and commitment to relationships - with artists, collectors, galleries, and colleagues. This commitment has manifested in collaborative projects between artists, clients, and galleries; site-specific installations and commissions; and the extension of his home as an alternative exhibition space and a model for private collecting.

For more information contact Brett Downey at 212-352-2272 or brett@dorfmanprojects.com.