Dresses transformed by salt crystals have been pulled from the depths of the Dead Sea salt lake.
Dresses transformed by salt crystals have been pulled from the depths of the Dead Sea salt lake.
Courtesy Matanya Tausig
This dress began as a black dress. See how it transformed in the following pictures.
"Salt Crystal Bride Gown VIII" (2014) by Sigalit Landau —
This dress began as a black dress. See how it transformed in the following pictures.
Courtesy Studio Sigalit Landau and Marlborough Contemporary
In her "Salt Bride" photography series, Israeli artist <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sigalitlandau.com%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Sigalit Landau</a> documents how a dress transformed over three months being submerged in the Dead Sea. She created a smaller sculpture called "Small Salt Bride" in the same fashion.
"Salt Crystal Bride Gown I" (2014) by Sigalit Landau —
In her "Salt Bride" photography series, Israeli artist Sigalit Landau documents how a dress transformed over three months being submerged in the Dead Sea. She created a smaller sculpture called "Small Salt Bride" in the same fashion.
Courtesy Studio Sigalit Landau and Marlborough Contemporary
The black dress used is a replica of a traditional garment worn by the protagonist in "The Dybbuk," a traditional Yiddish play. In the play, the protagonist is a bride possessed by -- and later exorcised of -- a demonic spirit.
"Salt Crystal Bride Gown II" (2014) by Sigalit Landau —
The black dress used is a replica of a traditional garment worn by the protagonist in "The Dybbuk," a traditional Yiddish play. In the play, the protagonist is a bride possessed by -- and later exorcised of -- a demonic spirit.
Courtesy Studio Sigalit Landau and Marlborough Contemporary
By turning the black gown white, Landau transforms the garment into a wedding dress.
"Salt Crystal Bride Gown III" (2014) by Sigalit Landau —
By turning the black gown white, Landau transforms the garment into a wedding dress.
Courtesy Studio Sigalit Landau and Marlborough Contemporary
The dress became considerably thicker as more and more salt crystals adhered to the fabric.
"Salt Crystal Bride Gown VII" (2014) by Sigalit Landau —
The dress became considerably thicker as more and more salt crystals adhered to the fabric.
Courtesy Studio Sigalit Landau and Marlborough Contemporary
"It looks like snow, like sugar, like death's embrace," Landau said of the salt deposits.
"Salt Crystal Bride Gown IV" (2014) by Sigalit Landau —
"It looks like snow, like sugar, like death's embrace," Landau said of the salt deposits.
Courtesy Studio Sigalit Landau and Marlborough Contemporary
"Over the years, I learnt more and more about this low and strange place," Landau said of the Dead Sea. "It is like meeting with a different time system, a different logic, another planet."
"Salt Crystal Bride Gown V" (2014) by Sigalit Landau —
"Over the years, I learnt more and more about this low and strange place," Landau said of the Dead Sea. "It is like meeting with a different time system, a different logic, another planet."
Courtesy Studio Sigalit Landau and Marlborough Contemporary
Sigalit Landau's "Salt Bride" series is on view at London's <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marlboroughlondon.com%2Fexhibitions%2Fsigalit-landau-salt-bride%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Marlborough Contemporary</a> until September 3, 2016.
"Salt Crystal Bride Gown VI" (2014) by Sigalit Landau —
Sigalit Landau's "Salt Bride" series is on view at London's Marlborough Contemporary until September 3, 2016.
Courtesy Studio Sigalit Landau and Marlborough Contemporary