Menashe Kadishman's numerous face-like steel sculptures cover one of the Void's ground.

Shalekhet – Fallen Leaves

An Installation by Menashe Kadishman

The Memory Void, one of the symbolic spaces on the ground level of the Libeskind building, includes the installation Shalekhet (Fallen Leaves) by Menashe Kadishman. More than 10,000 faces with open mouths, cut from heavy round iron plates, cover the floor of the ground floor void.

The installation is a gift from Dieter and Si Rosenkranz. Menashe Kadishman’s sculptures stir painful memories of the victims of war.

Map with all buildings that belong to the Jewish Museum Berlin. The Libeskind building is marked in green

Where

Libeskind Building, ground level, Memory Void
Lindenstr. 9–14, 10969 Berlin

(5 items)
  • Blick in den Memory Void, im Vordergrund Gesichter (in schwarz-weiß)

    The installation Shalekhet by Menashe Kadishman, captured by one of our visitors, 2012; Manuel Liniger

  • Meer von Gesichtern aus Eisenplatten mit aufgerissenen Mündern

    View of the faces covering the floor; installation Shalekhet by Menashe Kadishman; Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Marion Roßner

  • Großaufnahme eines einzelnen Gesichts, umrahmt von weiteren, angeschnittenen Gesichter

    Detailed view of one of the faces of the Shalekhet installation by Menashe Kadishman, 2008; Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Sönke Tollkühn

  • Blick auf die Installation, die den Boden des Memory Void vollständig bedeckt

    The Memory Void with the installation Shalekhet by Menashe Kadishman; Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Jens Ziehe

  • Blick von einer der oberen Etagen in den Memory Void und auf die Installation und einige Besucher*innen

    The installation Shalekhet by Menashe Kadishman from above, 2005; Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Sönke Tollkühn

Selected Works of Art: Art at the Jewish Museum Berlin (5)

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