Gray Matters

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Genre: Documentaries

Film Year: 2014

Locations: Ireland/France

Film Length: 73 min

Director: Marco Orsini

Featuring: Zeev Aram, Caroline Constant, Philippe Garner, Jennifer Goff

Through her unique vision, imagination, and sensibility, 20th century architect Eileen Gray changed the way we live with furniture and within houses. The film documents the life and career of one of the most influential, but least known, modernist icons who built the first concrete modernist villa and made the most expensive piece of furniture ever sold at auction. In a historical, scholarly, and cinematic investigation, never-before-seen footage and candid interviews with the world’s foremost scholars, curators, auctioneers, and collectors chronicle the fierce dedication of Gray’s work and unswerving faith of aesthetic vision that defined much of Gray’s immersion in art, design, and architecture. Discussion with director Marco Orsini, Caroline Constant, Peter Waldman (U.Va.) and Ed Ford (U.Va.)

Saturday, November 8
6:45 PM
UVA : Newcomb Hall Theater
Add To Calendar 20141108 18:45 20141108 1414183500 America/New_York VFF: Gray Matters

Through her unique vision, imagination, and sensibility, 20th century architect Eileen Gray changed the way we live with furniture and within houses. The film documents the life and career of one of the most influential, but least known, modernist icons who built the first concrete modernist villa and made the most expensive piece of furniture ever sold at auction. In a historical, scholarly, and cinematic investigation, never-before-seen footage and candid interviews with the world’s foremost scholars, curators, auctioneers, and collectors chronicle the fierce dedication of Gray’s work and unswerving faith of aesthetic vision that defined much of Gray’s immersion in art, design, and architecture. Discussion with director Marco Orsini, Caroline Constant, Peter Waldman (U.Va.) and Ed Ford (U.Va.)

 UVA : Newcomb Hall Theater Virginia Film Festival info@virginiafilmfestival.org

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