{"data":{"id":"4786","type":"artist","attributes":{"id":4786,"topgoose_id":1682,"tms_id":4786,"display_name":"Sharon Lockhart","sort_name":"Lockhart Sharon","display_date":"1964–","begin_date":"1964","end_date":"0","biography":"\u003cp\u003eSince the mid-1990s, Los Angeles–based artist Sharon Lockhart has become known for her conceptually and formally rigorous films and photographs. As a student at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, she was exposed to the work of \u003ca href=\"/artists/14934\"\u003eJames Benning\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"/artists/8286\"\u003eHollis Frampton\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"/artists/12527\"\u003eYvonne Rainer,\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"/artists/7923\"\u003eMichael Snow\u003c/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"/artists/1384\"\u003eAndy Warhol\u003c/a\u003e, artists who frequently explored the relationship between the still photographic image and its moving cinematic counterpart. Lockhart’s films, indebted to both the history of art and a critical history of cinema, similarly investigate the durational possibilities of the camera and the extended act of looking. The artist often focuses on seemingly candid yet elaborately staged everyday moments that are the result of extensive collaboration with her subjects.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLockhart’s film \u003ca href=\"/collection/works/20642\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNŌ\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003erecords the\nmeticulous mulching work of a Japanese\nhusband and wife. Within the static frame of\nthe artist’s camera, the film resembles\na moving landscape, as the farmers pile hay\nand then slowly spread it across an empty\nfield. With the same deliberate choreography\nof her previous films, the artist uses the\nlighting, colors of the landscape, depth of\nfield, and the seemingly detached camera\nangle to investigate the underlying principles\nof photography and cinematography.\nThe film, however, becomes more than a\nstructuralist exercise. The title refers not\nonly to the Japanese calligraphy character\nfor farming and NŌ-no ikebana, a more\nradical form of ikebana flower arranging, but\nalso to Noh, a popular form of theater\nin Japan. Through metaphor and metonymy,\nLockhart creates layers of meaning\nembedded in time.\u003c/p\u003e","on_view":false,"artport":false,"biennial":true,"collection":true,"ulan_id":"500114649","wikidata_id":"Q3481523","created_at":"2017-08-30T16:35:18.000-04:00","updated_at":"2026-03-29T07:00:33.360-04:00","links":{"artworks":"/api/artists/4786/artworks","exhibitions":"/api/artists/4786/exhibitions"}}}}