Protecteur d'amour 

Bernard Reder created ‘Protecteur d’amour’, a print dense with figures, during a period marked by significant shifts in artistic expression. As a Jewish artist, his work intersects with themes of identity, diaspora, and cultural memory. Born in Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary, Reder's work often incorporated elements of mythology and personal narrative. The figures in ‘Protecteur d’amour’ evoke a sense of communal identity, their bodies intertwined in what feels like both protection and struggle. The composition is not passively representational; rather, it actively constructs a world where identity is negotiated through shared experience and memory. Reder once said: "Sculpture is a concentrated experience." We can see this in the artist's ability to convey a sense of shared identity and emotion. The print invites us to contemplate the ways in which we construct our identities through community, memory, and shared experience, reflecting Reder’s own negotiation of identity in a rapidly changing world.