Sharon Lockhart l Noa Eshkol

Exploring artistic nature, preservation and interpretation are the
 creative visions of two notable artists, the American born photographer 
and filmmaker Sharon Lockhart (1964) and the minimalist Israeli dance composer,
 theorist, and textile artist Noa Eshkol (1924-2007). 
Co-organized with Israel Museum, Jerusalem, this North American 
exhibit premieres at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).


Featured are Lockhart's photographic
 series and five-channel film installation based on the cumulative metronome rhythm of Eshkol’s five dances. Eshkol's former company members performed the dances using the
 Eshkol-Wachman Movement Notation (EWMN) System, developed by Eshkol
 and architect Avraham Wachman in the 1950's. EWMN combines symbols and numbers to describe body spatial 
relationships in time. Noa Eshkol related to the Notation as “a
 thinking tool that can teach people the art of observation, i.e
 encourage them to aspire for the ultimate level of seeing. It does so 
by organizing the 'material’ known as movements of the human body in 
relatively simple categories thereby allowing us an insight into the
 complexity of this phenomenon as a whole.”

Coupled with its artistry, the significance of movement notation lies in the scientific arena as 
an observation tool in the mapping of sign language, learning disability treatments, animal movement, the astronaut's locomotion in weightless conditions, as well 
as in the use of an infant's movement as an early predictor of autism 
and Asperger's syndrome.

Included in the exhibit are selections of Eshkol's visually engaging creations 
including wall carpets made out of recycled parts, scores, drawings and other archival material.


Following the presentation at LACMA the exhibit will travel to the 
Jewish Museum in New York.


The exhibit runs from June 2, 2012, through September 9, 2012, at
the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) BCAM, Level 2, located at
 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036. For more information 
call (323) 857-6000 or visit www.lacma.org