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Noa Eshkol: Rules, Theory & Passion (Exhibition)

Revealing exhibition of a groundbreaking innovator in music and movement

16–25 September 2021
Free

Showings

Thursday 16/09

12:00–17:00
Oslo Kunstforening
Free

Free

Friday 17/09

12:00–17:00
Oslo Kunstforening
Free

Saturday 18/09

12:00–16:00
Oslo Kunstforening
Free

Sunday 19/09

12:00–16:00
Oslo Kunstforening
Free

Tuesday 21/09

12:00–17:00
Oslo Kunstforening
Free

Wednesday 22/09

12:00–17:00
Oslo Kunstforening
Free

Thursday 23/09

12:00–17:00
Oslo Kunstforening
Free

Friday 24/09

12:00–17:00
Oslo Kunstforening
Free

Saturday 25/09

12:21–17:00
Oslo Kunstforening
Free

Noa Eshkol: Rules, Theory & Passion 
Free
From 28. August - 7. november
Opening times: Tuesday – Friday from 12.00 – 17.00, Saturday – Sunday 12.00 – 16.00

Israeli artist Noa Eshkol’s incredible discipline underpinned an expressive life of passion,desire and pure creativity.

Noa Eshkol: Rules, Theory & Passion is the first major retrospective of Noa Eshkol (1924–2007) in the Nordic countries. The exhibition covers Eshkol’s entire life and work: her wealth of research from the 50s onwards, choreography, studies of language, textile art and a special notation system for human movement.

This exhibition displays material from the Noa Eshkol Archive, including illustrations, documentary films and photographs, plus her original notebooks. It is a remarkable insight into the interdisciplinary practice of an artist strikingly ahead of her time. The show also collects many of her rarely seen ‘wall carpets’ – textile works assembled from offcuts and rags from the 1970s to the 1990s, inspired by folk tales, literature, geometry, still lives and landscapes.

Works by contemporary artists inspired by Eshkol’s practice are also included: Sharon Lockhart, Yael Bartana and choreographer Omer Krieger.

Production

  • Oslo Kunstforening
  • Norrköpings Konstmuseum
  • Judisk Kultur i Sverige

Curated by

  • Marianne Hultman
  • Helena Scragg

Programme curator

  • Lizzie Oved Scheja

Partners

  • The Noa Eshkol Foundation for Movement Notation
  • Holon and Galerie neugerriemschneider Berlin

Photography

  • The Noa Eshkol Foundation for Movement Notation