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Breuer’s Bohemia

Monday, September, 27, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Free

Join us for a free screening of Breuer’s Bohemia, preceded by a short conversation with director James Crump.

“James Crump, the intrepid director, writer, and art historian, has done the impossible, crafting a smart, serious architecture documentary that isn’t hopelessly dry and boring. His latest film, Breuer’s Bohemia, takes an incisive look into the roiling cultural milieu in which Marcel Breuer crafted some of his most groundbreaking residential projects. It’s a tale of inspiration and decadence, rife with heavy drinking and free love, all set against a backdrop of leftist politics and social iconoclasm incubated in the seemingly staid suburban outposts of Connecticut and Massachusetts.” — Architectural Digest

Breuer’s Bohemia surveys a collection of private homes designed by iconic architect-designer Marcel Breuer for his most politically progressive clients between the 1950s and 1970s. More than clients, in fact, these patrons were friends with whom Breuer shared a close-knit and sometimes hedonistic community that included a Who’s Who of postwar-era artists, thinkers, and visionaries.

Breuer’s Bohemia is a unique glimpse of a twentieth-century milieu that produced an aesthetic, intellectual, and sometimes sybaritic community during a fertile period of American design and culture. The companion book written by the director is heavily illustrated with vintage and contemporary photographs as well as rarely seen archival materials. Use discount code PHAIDON20 to receive 20% off your book purchase.

Breuer’s Bohemia (2021)
Directed by James Crump
Produced by Ronnie Sassoon
breuersbohemia.com

Details

Date:
Monday, September, 27, 2021
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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Organizer

The Glass House
Phone:
203 5949884
Email:
events@theglasshouse.org
Website:
www.theglasshouse.org

Venue

The Glass House
199 Elm Street
New Canaan, CT 06840 United States
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Phone:
203 594 9884
Website:
www.theglasshouse.org