2019, 2 metal sculptures

height 136 cm; width (at its widest point) 140 cm; depth 57 cm;

Zuzanna Hertzberg, Bird Menorah, 2019, 2 metal sculptures created for the artivist action Heroism of Life Itself. The Other Side of The Monument on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes, Warsaw, Poland. Photo: D. Matłoch

Zuzanna Hertzberg, Bird Menorahs, 2019, 2 metal sculptures created for the artivist action Heroism of Life Itself. The Other Side of The Monument on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes, Warsaw, Poland. Photo: M. Tym

Zuzanna Hertzberg, Bird Menorahs, 2019, 2 metal sculptures. Photo documentation of the solo exhibition Mechitza, Arsenał Gallery, Bialystok, 2023. Photo: M. Tym

Zuzanna Hertzberg, Bird Menorahs, 2019, 2 metal sculptures. Photo documentation of the solo exhibition Mechitza, Arsenał Gallery, Bialystok, 2023. Photo: M. Tym

Zuzanna Hertzberg, Bird Menorahs, 2019, 2 metal sculptures. Photo documentation of the solo exhibition Mechitza, Arsenał Gallery, Bialystok, 2023. Photo: M. Tym

Zuzanna Hertzberg, Heroism of Life Itself. The Other Side of The Monument, 16.04.2023, photo documentation of the artivist action on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Area of the action: from the viewing terrace of the Muranów South Estate to the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes, Warsaw, Poland. Photo: M.

Bird Menorahs

* menorah, a primary form of visualization of Judaism, which is accompanied by two birds, which are linked to attributes of femininity in Jewish tradition.

* I made the menorahs according to my interpretation of the architectural plan of Natan Rapaport’s candlesticks, which should be built on the side of the Ghetto Heroes’ Monument featuring a relief titled “The Last March.”