Eileen Gray

<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">We visited <a href="http://www.imma.ie/en/page_236727.htm">IMMA</a> last night to view the retrospective of Eileen Gray, designer of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-1027">E1027</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoRf0VcYa87QPJuI4_k7Daj3pQyHXvdLFG6ZxtUUzguFqJZxEZpDnlSBG-tI-cPmLzy_3wcmKJqaqfv6f8dCe8DEU0igalqT8-Z26aztHU4VTALYoBTKWy7elMkL9q50oTiyD90iS8UC5P/s640/blogger-image--1615680456.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoRf0VcYa87QPJuI4_k7Daj3pQyHXvdLFG6ZxtUUzguFqJZxEZpDnlSBG-tI-cPmLzy_3wcmKJqaqfv6f8dCe8DEU0igalqT8-Z26aztHU4VTALYoBTKWy7elMkL9q50oTiyD90iS8UC5P/s640/blogger-image--1615680456.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Architect Fiona O'Herlihy gave a talk about the work of Gray - Here's the blurb: </span><strong style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Architect’s Response | Ruth O’Herlihy</strong></div><strong style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Thursday 17 October, 7.00 – 8.00pm, Galleries, IMMA</strong><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Eileen Gray regularly commented on how her Enniscorthy family home was the genesis for her architectural and design practice. As a frame of reference to discuss her retrospective exhibition Ruth O’Herlihy (Architect, Teacher, Director of McCullough Mulvin) reflects on domestic contexts, juxtapositions and the associated memories of spaces that act as a catalyst for her built work and ideas, coming from a rich architectural family context. Please note exhibition fee applies for gallery talks on the exhibition Eileen Gray </span><em style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Architect Designer Painter</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">.</span><br /><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjV4vKJ-cS5SIhdb3J2ggEhSpLuDN00T0_nQb84ue1U0kA3XP1xecxd6lTMM6aJM_VsJPn-X4WlLunOq6f3d5AbCPHmR429sl4SV2ZelXfLzq7xVghUUYN7OVPT0vcdvmkFIWhVOn7haM/s640/blogger-image--156567156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjV4vKJ-cS5SIhdb3J2ggEhSpLuDN00T0_nQb84ue1U0kA3XP1xecxd6lTMM6aJM_VsJPn-X4WlLunOq6f3d5AbCPHmR429sl4SV2ZelXfLzq7xVghUUYN7OVPT0vcdvmkFIWhVOn7haM/s640/blogger-image--156567156.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">While O'Herlihy's talk was quite interesting I got the feeling that Eileen Gray and her work was not something that she was influenced by.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I also am not convinced by her statement that Gray was a "good architect but not a great architect".</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's a few pics of some of the furniture pieces designed by Eileen Grey.  The side table pictured is hugely iconic.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqknE8l3_6UFv8NYkzGUQq9ac2-X-shce_QfZI5Z3CqWKUJDg7Pk9-glkbwtOpg79I9LTt2cKTi4dxJbUNa9SAmqqrtcG5x7gupEs_jVF1y8_GdJBJWY93wPIxTppz3eoZ16IZOVHSf6gw/s640/blogger-image--2089279790.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqknE8l3_6UFv8NYkzGUQq9ac2-X-shce_QfZI5Z3CqWKUJDg7Pk9-glkbwtOpg79I9LTt2cKTi4dxJbUNa9SAmqqrtcG5x7gupEs_jVF1y8_GdJBJWY93wPIxTppz3eoZ16IZOVHSf6gw/s640/blogger-image--2089279790.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">This piece was designed for and built in to E1027.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxust89nBdENiJzarjLvp9MWbNRVrRS8FCJUpnDAVQevhNt2PC7TrYnjoN4rB4bCejTpESMzeprMC5n-C-f5l4Ro_DQ4JMPgGvDUO5b6HEVVgwN7k2GTqmyjPsGnqiCJ6Mp1JPtFpvL46_/s640/blogger-image--83915874.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxust89nBdENiJzarjLvp9MWbNRVrRS8FCJUpnDAVQevhNt2PC7TrYnjoN4rB4bCejTpESMzeprMC5n-C-f5l4Ro_DQ4JMPgGvDUO5b6HEVVgwN7k2GTqmyjPsGnqiCJ6Mp1JPtFpvL46_/s640/blogger-image--83915874.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">A drinks trolley designed by Gray</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj082Xsj4kUC-_7uTbep-HiMPQtyFTAyjInDemyZ0q0HRzQPeeFvQX1Hmii2-CYbwr7xjL05L2PqTbFVu9uPSEzGMElSgvaFOMN4iAjfSqPEjVhxBnldL8aTzVovK-07LipP1N4MxXdS7b2/s640/blogger-image--550657782.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj082Xsj4kUC-_7uTbep-HiMPQtyFTAyjInDemyZ0q0HRzQPeeFvQX1Hmii2-CYbwr7xjL05L2PqTbFVu9uPSEzGMElSgvaFOMN4iAjfSqPEjVhxBnldL8aTzVovK-07LipP1N4MxXdS7b2/s640/blogger-image--550657782.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">The retrospective in IMMA is on until early 2014 and I urge you to visit.  There is also the permanent <a href="http://www.museum.ie/en/exhibition/eileen-gray-introduction.aspx">Eileen Grey Exhibition</a> in Collins Barracks Museum.  I visited this a few years ago and thought it was quite brilliant!</span></div>

Eileen Gray

We visited  IMMA last night to view the retrospective of Eileen Gray, designer of  E1027 Architect Fiona O'Herlihy gave a talk about th...

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