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Shalechet ("Fallen leaves" by Menashe Kadishman
I first saw his work in the Jewish Museum (Berlin), one of the most upsetting places I ever visited. You can feel the anguish by just walking the corridor! I was told that the architect, Daniel Libeskind, designed it with that purpose in mind.
You have to be there and feel it. In the meantime, go to:
http://www.juedisches-museum-berlin.de/site/EN/01-Exhibitions/01-Permanent-Exhibition/permanentexhibition00-02.php
AND
http://kadishman.com/works/
Dear Clara,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the reference to such wonderful and thought provoking sites. Segment 8 of the Judaic exhibition refers to not being abel to free the Jew without freeing the German (those individuals who are part Jewish and part German). There seems to be a very torn sentiment there. The glass exhibit really represents this sense of torness, fragmentation, division, shattering. Very interesting indeed.
Dear Clara,
ReplyDeleteI would also suggest the British War Museum, in London as a wonderful experience to walk through the lives of men and women who lived through so many terrible times. It is unbelievable. However, thank you for your suggestion that I will remember when I visit Germany!