Film & Kunst: "E.1027 – Eileen Gray und das Haus am Meer"

In the Film & Art series, Cinema Quadrat and Kunsthalle Mannheim are showing a film about the architect and designer Eileen Gray:

E.1017 - EILEEN GRAY AND THE HOUSE BY THE SEA

CHE 2024. D: Beatrice Minger. 94 min., documentary with play scenes with Natalie Radmall-Quirke, Axel Moustache, Charles Morillon. English-frzOmdtU. FSK: 0
Born in Ireland, Eileen Gray (1878 - 1976) is one of the most important architects and designers of the 20th century; her elegant round glass table and her rod lamp are still in production today. In 1929, she and her partner at the time, Jean Badovici, built a house close to the sea on the French Riviera and also designed all the furniture for it. The house became a total work of art and was highly acclaimed. A detailed report in a trade magazine attracts many interested parties, but Gray leaves the house two years later. Her circle of friends also included the painter Fernand Léger and the star architect Le Corbusier. The latter painted the house - only with Badovici's consent - with large-format murals, which Gray experienced as an unacceptable intrusion into the overall artwork of her house. Later, the house itself was even regarded as a work by Le Corbusier and Eileen Gray was almost forgotten as the author. The documentary sets the facts straight and offers a portrait of a fascinating artist who strongly influenced the 20th century's ideas of form.

Introduction: Dr. Peter Bär