88 Conversations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 4, 2008

CONTACT: Erin Kornfeld, erin.kornfeld@googlemail.com or (917) 545-4299

NEW YORK — 88 Conversations is a collaborative series of works created by award-winning photographer Erin Kornfeld & writer Charlie Schultz that combines photography and poetry to create dynamic portraits of the contemporary Chinese art community.

On Friday March 21, 2008 from 4 p.m. till 8 p.m., in association with Asian Contemporary Art Week , Schultz and Kornfeld will host an open reception at their studio for a preview of 88 Conversations.

Winner of the 2006 Deloitte Commission at the National Portrait Gallery in London, Erin Kornfeld joins the emerging writer Charles Schultz on a conversational journey from the streets of Queens to the hutongs of Beijing; from the cafes of Shanghai to the lake shore of Chicago.

In the last 15 months Kornfeld and Schultz met artists, curators, and scholars that propel the contemporary Chinese art movement in order to engage them in a conversation and make their photograph.

"The portraits pay homage to an artistic exchange of ideas where east meets west" says Kornfeld.

Some of the participants include: Wang Guangyi, Xu Bing, Li Xianting, Wenda Gu, Zhang Xiaotao, Zhang Dali, Shen Shaomin, Zhang Hongtu, Wang Qingsong, Yan Pei Ming, Yan Lei, Wu Hung, and seventy six more.

Kornfeld and Schultz will open their studio to the public March 18th - March 24th (1 p.m. - 6 p.m. daily). Please make an appointment to visit the studio.

Studio Location: 13-17 Laight St, Suite 26 (Between Varick & 6th Ave)
Easily accessible by 1 and ACE trains (Canal St. Station)

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