Moon on Mount Gerizim,2009, sums up eighteen months of work during which the artist followed the Samaritan community during their religious festivals and holidays in Holon and Mt. Gerizim near Nablus. Sharett conveys her cumulating impressions of the customs and rituals of the Samaritans who invited her to join them. As an onlooker, she outlines the cultural space unique to the Samaritans without being able to decipher it. Acknowledging her limited abilities, Sharett’s position oscillates between curiosity, expression, impressions and admonitions of her partial knowledge. Thus her work illustrates the ways in which art introduces questions about the limitation of vision and the restricted ability to decipher cultural codes.
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