Dust Bowl Ballads: Gwendolen Von Einsiedel

30 Aug 2018, 19:00 ,Barbican Art Gallery

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Photo taken by Dorothea Lange entitled Cars on the Road

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Join Gwendolen Von Einsiedel for an evening of music in the Art Gallery

To accompany the exhibition Dorothea Lange: Politics of Seeing, British folk singer and music specialist Sam Lee curates a series of live music events in the gallery space in response to Dorothea Lange’s photographs of the Great Depression.

Musician, anthropologist, radio host, writer, and sometime ceilidh caller Gwennie brings together a clutch of London's finest old-time musicians to celebrate the treasure trove of North American traditional songs.

Tagged with: Art & design The Art Of Change Dorothea Lange / Vanessa Winship More...

Free with your exhibition ticket on Thursday 30 August. Book your ticket.

Performance times: 7-8.30pm

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Long read: Dorothea Lange - A Life in Pictures

We look back through the life and work of pioneering documentary photographer and visual activist, Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) to coincide with the first UK retrospective of her work, Dorothea Lange: Politics of Seeing.