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Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey's lavishly illustrated documentary portrait of husband and wife design team Ray and Charles Eames accommodates many readings: it’s a classic American tale of domestic talent extrapolated into international stardom; of artisanal know-how and innovation tooled for the industrial age. It’s a nostalgic evocation of a time when democratic ideals informed industrial outputs; and it’s a portrait of a creative marriage built on the shifting sands of gender equality in postwar America. “There couldn't be a better time to examine the complex and absorbing history of this designing couple, and Eames: The Architect and the Painter couldn't be a better vehicle for that examination, “ says Kenneth Turan in the LA Times - and who could be better qualified to assess a portrait of two such iconographers of the LA style? For the complete review, check out the link here (but be prepared to hear about a current LACMA show you will definitely want to see).
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