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Textile Visionaries of Modern Art and Design: The Circle of Marion Dorn
Textile Visionaries of Modern Art and Design: The Circle of Marion Dorn

Wed, 19 Feb

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East Horsley Village Hall

Textile Visionaries of Modern Art and Design: The Circle of Marion Dorn

This lecture introduces us to the creative designs and colours that dazzle the eye by the fabulous Marion Dorn

Time & location

19 Feb 2025, 10:30

East Horsley Village Hall, Kingston Ave, East Horsley, Leatherhead KT24 6QT

About the event

About the lecture

This lecture will explore the career of designer Marion Dorn and the wider European avant-garde movement between the wars. This pivotal time saw a renaissance in textile design and began the process of democratising Modern Art. Marion Dorn & her husband artist Edward McKnight Kauffer were destined to play a central role in modernism and Interior design on both sides of the Atlantic. From Claridges Hotel in London to The White House in Washington DC. Marion Dorn was synonymous with style, design & beauty.

About the speaker

Ashley Gray is a leading specialist and curator in the key art discipline of Modern Textiles and their history. He is a regular vetter at international fine art fairs and has served on the Fair Committees of BADA, The Works on Paper Fair and on the BADA Council. He is regularly invited to lecture on the subject both in the UK and the US. As a curator and archivist, he works with institutions and foundations on conservation and exhibition projects. Most recently he curated Styled by Design at Cromwell Place in London, an exhibition that celebrates the innovation of Modernist textile design. He co-curated Material Textile: Modern British Female Designers and Material Textile: Creativity, History & Process, both with Messums Gallery, Common Thread at New Art Centre and From Bauhaus to our House also at Cromwell Place. He is currently researching the role David Whitehead Ltd in Lancashire played in commissioning innovative modern designs in the Festival of Britain era. An exhibition is planned for 2027.


This event is free to members.

Visitors are welcome to join us - £5 on the door.

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