Film Screening—Gray Matters: Architect & Designer Eileen Gray
When:
Friday, Feb 02, 2018 6:00p -
7:30p
Friday, Feb 02, 2018 6:00p -
7:30p
Where:
BSA Space
290 Congress Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
Admission:
$14
Categories:
< 21, Alcohol, Film
Event website:
https://www.architects.org/programs-and-events/film-screening%E2%80%94gray-matters-architect-designer-eileen-gray
Join BSA Space for a screening of Gray Matters: Architect & Designer Eileen Gray.
Synopsis
The documentary Gray Matters explores the long, fascinating life of architect and designer Eileen Gray, whose uncompromising vision defined and defied the practice of modernism in decoration, design, and architecture.
Making a reputation with her lacquer work in the beginning of the 20th century, Gray became a critically acclaimed and sought-after decorator and designer before reinventing herself as an architect. Her first and most famous building, a modernist villa on the French Riviera called E-1027, was for many years mistakenly credited to her mentor, Le Corbusier. For the most part, her pioneering work was done quietly, privately and to her own specifications. But she lived long enough (98 years old) to be rediscovered and acclaimed. Today, with her work commanding extraordinary prices and attention, her legacy, like its creator, remains elusive, contested, and compelling.
This screening is is part of the 2017–2018 BSA Space Film Series documenting some of the ways that architecture and design can engage communities, inspire vision, and provoke change. Complimentary refreshments and popcorn will be served. All proceeds from the series support the BSA Foundation.
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