Exhibition

Sharon Lockhart

Saturday, Mar 03–Sunday, May 20, 2001

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A man pauses his work of installing marble tiles to look at the camera while shielded by a glass barrier for visitors to watch

Sharon Lockhart, Enrique Nava Enedina: Oaxacan Exhibit Hall, National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City, 1999. Chromogenic development prints; three parts, overall: 49 × 217 1/2 in. (124.5 × 552.5 cm). Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of George and Lori Bucciero, 1999.53.a–c. © 1999 Sharon Lockhart.

Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

This exhibition is the largest and most significant solo presentation of the Los Angeles–based photographer and filmmaker Sharon Lockhart in an American museum to date, and presents a survey of her work from 1994 to the present. Lockhart investigates the relationship between the photograph and the motion picture in works that employ a cinematic mise en scène to present a uniquely personal and unconventional image of people from other cultures.

This exhibition is curated by Associate Curator Dominic Molon.

Sharon Lockhart, On Kawara: Whole and Parts, 1964–95, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, January 24–April 5, 1998, 1998. Chromogenic development prints; Four parts, installed: 64 1/2 x 240 in. (163.8 x 609.6 cm), Four parts, each: 64 1/2 x 49 in. (163.8 x 124.5 cm). Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Bernice and Kenneth Newberger Fund, 2001.3.a–d. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago © 1998 Sharon Lockhart
Sharon Lockhart, Enrique Nava Enedina: Oaxacan Exhibit Hall, National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City, 1999. Chromogenic development prints; Three parts, overall: 49 x 217 1/2 in. (124.5 x 552.5 cm). Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, gift of George and Lori Bucciero, 1999.53.a–c. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago © 1999 Sharon Lockhart
Installation view, Sharon Lockhart, MCA Chicago, Mar 3–May 20, 2001 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Funding

This exhibition and its national tour are generously sponsored by the Sara Lee Foundation.