Richard Malone celebrates the legacy of Eileen Gray in new exhibition
Richard Malone celebrates the legacy of Eileen Gray in new exhibition
Richard Malone will curate ‘Making and Momentum In Conversation with Eileen Gray,’ set to open in the Fench town of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin in June 2021
Exhibition sketch by Mourne Textiles
Often, when aesthetic oeuvres are analysed or discussed, they are viewed within a range of academic contexts, spanning critical theory and defined genres. Take the legacy of visionary multihyphenate artist, architect and furniture designer Eileen Gray. To some, her legacy is viewed within the context of modernism and functional, ergonomic design. To others, it is analysed through the framework of her male contemporaries, like Corbusier and Walter Gropious. Famously, Corbusier defaced Gray’s renowned E1027 seaside villa in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin in France – which she built with her then-partner Jean Badovici in 1929 – painting its walls with