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Graduate Center highlights Eileen Gray,
ahead of her time Bard
one of the few women to practice architecture
and design professionally before World War II.

Eileen Gray (right) designed
Boudoir de Monte Carlo,
shown at the 14th Salon
des Artistes Décorateurs
(far right). The Coiffeuse
aluminium et liège, or
dressing cabinet in aluminum
and cork (below left),
and the Fauteuil Bibendum,
or Bibendum chair (below
middle), are two of her
recognizable designs.
Designed in 1923, the floor
lamp (below right) is crafted
of lacquer, wood, and a
painted parchment shade.

Opening Feb. 29, 2020, in collaboration with Centre
artisan, designer, architect, businesswoman,
National d'Art et du Culture Georges Pompidou, Bard
and gallerist. Today, when women are increasingly
Graduate Center in New York will present the first
recognized for contributing to these fields,
in-depth exhibition in the United States on the work
it is important to recognize this woman pioneer
of modernist architect and designer Eileen Gray
for the totality of her contributions."
(1878-1976). Featuring nearly 200 works, some of which
The Eileen Gray exhibition is organized
have never been publicly exhibited, as well as new
into five different thematic sections that mark critical
research exploring Gray's career as not just an architect stages of her career. "The Early Years" utilizes a range
and designer but also a painter and photographer,
of photographs, documents, and texts to explain
the exhibition represents one of the most thorough
her early life and schooling in London, her transition
depictions of her life to date.
to Paris, and her multifaceted career. Moving into
"Galerie Jean Désert, Paris," the exhibition focuses
"Eileen Gray was one of the most prolific,
on Gray's time owning Galerie Jean Désert (a male
versatile, and innovative designers of the 20th century,"
says Nina Stritzler-Levine, gallery director and director pseudonym due to the fact that it was unacceptable
for a woman to be the proprietor of this type of
of curatorial affairs at Bard Graduate Center. "A
establishment at the time) in Paris, during which she
polymath of great skill, she worked across disciplines
completed many of her most important interiors.
seemingly with considerable ease. Gray was an artist,
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Shifting into "Collaboration with Jean Badovici,"
we explore her time collaborating with the FrenchRomanian architect Jean Badovici, who was her
partner in advancing modern architecture. "Villa
E-1027 (1926-29)" is dedicated solely to her iconic
E-1027 villa, which is depicted through photographs,
film, a model, and original rugs and lighting. And the
final section, "Architectural and Interior Projects,"
traces the trajectory of her architectural practice
through projects including Tempe à Pailla (1931-34),
the Camping Tent (1931), the Parisian interiors of her
apartment on rue Bonaparte (1930), and others.
While well-known for E-1027, Gray is generally
not recognized for the full scope of her work. This
show will give an expansive look at her life and projects,
including her painting and photography, which
were generally private practices for the designer.
The exhibition catalog will include 47 different entries
about architecture, including her residential work,
urban projects, social architecture, and exhibition
architecture. It will also feature 43 of her photographs
of a range of subjects, from industrial buildings
to landscapes.
"I hope the exhibition will make people think
about what it means to design for the needs of
all people," Stritzler-Levine says. "Early in her career,
Gray designed for the luxury market. By the end
of the 1920s, she had developed a design conscience.
She was interested in responding to the issues
of minimal housing and developing more flexible
domestic spaces. I hope visitors will feel inspired
to think about and try to solve the enormous societal
needs and challenges of today. Gray might not
immediately come to mind when we think of the issues
prevalent in contemporary design discourse, but
few women of her generation accomplished as much
as she did." -MEGHAN DWYER

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FEBRUARY |  MARCH 2020

PHOTOGRAPHY: BERENICE ABBOTT (PORTRAIT); CENTRE POMPIDOU, MNAM-CCI, DIST. RMN-GP: JEAN-CLAUDE PLANCHET (CABINET); CHRISTIAN BARAJA, STUDIO SLB (CHAIR); VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, KATHERINE WETZEL (LIGHT)

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