In conversation with Insiders/Outsiders founding director, art historian Monica Bohm-Duchen, Caren will explore artworks crafted over the past five years, motivated by her urgent mission to memorialise those murdered during the Holocaust and beyond. One of these, the 2021 project Fragments – which examines the fashion and textile industry in Berlin in the 1930s, and the impact of Nazi policies of that period on Jewish clothing manufacturers, designers, design houses and fashion stores – acts as a dark backdrop to the theme of Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners shaped global style, the exhibition currently showing at the Museum of London Docklands until 14 April.
Prompted by the devastating events of the 7 October 2023 massacre of Israelis, and the disturbing surge in antisemitism, Caren has recognised the necessity of continuously updating and stitching many of her pieces in real time and will delve into the significance of documenting our recent history through a closer examination of selected works.
Image: Fragments (detail), 2021