Sigalit Landau's Salt Sails + Sugar Knots at Kamel Mennour
From October 25 to November 22, 2008, Israeli artist Sigalit Landau showcased her inaugural solo exhibition in France at Galerie Kamel Mennour in Paris, named Salt Sails + Sugar Knots. This display highlighted her artistic approach, which includes performative presentations of the female form and dramatic installations. The video DeadSee (2005) features Landau in the nude, floating among watermelons, representing themes of tension and vulnerability in the Dead Sea. Additionally, the Barb Salt Lamps (2007), crafted from barbed wire and salt, evoke images of torture devices. In the basement, a platter of peeled watermelons resembles raw meat. Critic Coline Milliard advocates for a French institution to support Landau in expanding her work.
Key facts
- Sigalit Landau's first solo exhibition in France at Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris.
- Exhibition titled Salt Sails + Sugar Knots ran from October 25 to November 22, 2008.
- Show functioned as a small retrospective introducing her work to French audiences.
- Video DeadSee (2005) features Landau naked floating in a spiral of watermelons in the Dead Sea.
- Barb Salt Lamps (2007) made from barbed wire dipped in the Dead Sea until covered in salt.
- Exhibition includes peeled watermelons presented like raw meat covered in salt.
- Critic Coline Milliard reviewed the exhibition in art press n°352 (January 2009).
- Milliard calls for a French institution to give Landau a larger-scale opportunity.
Entities
Artists
- Sigalit Landau
Institutions
- Galerie Kamel Mennour
- art press
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Dead Sea
Sources
- artpress —