Artists

Noa Eshkol

Press release

The sixth solo exhibition of Noa Eshkol’s work at neugerriemschneider, textile traces, staged in commemoration of her centennial, centers the narrative qualities of the visual artist and choreographer’s practice. A wide selection of her wall carpets, many of which are shown for the first time, form a veritable storyboard of the journeys that often served as their inspirations. Acting as tiered stores of memory, fueled by the power of her found materials, the works become a chronicle of discovery that unfolds across our Christinenstrasse space’s three rooms, hinting at a trio of theatrical acts and, in turn, the structural rigor that underlies Eshkol’s varied pursuits.

Eshkol’s textile tableaux are, at their cores, tributes to their materials. While the predetermined forms of the offcuts, rags, scraps and panels that comprise them tease their once-intended use, they function within the wall carpets entirely independently of their prior utility. Rather than accepting or being limited by their prescribed roles, Eshkol instead brought an openness to her media, encountering them with new eyes each time. By assuming nothing, seeing these fragmented components as tools, she afforded herself a profound understanding of how they, in their present states, were to become sumptuous images. This approach, unburdened by preconceptions, enabled Eshkol to mold her workpieces into rich stories.