Exhibition

Unsettler

15 Oct 2009 – 1 Nov 2009

Regular hours

Thursday
10:00 – 18:00
Friday
10:00 – 18:00
Saturday
12:00 – 17:00
Monday
10:00 – 18:00
Tuesday
10:00 – 18:00
Wednesday
10:00 – 18:00

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London, United Kingdom

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  • Cambridge Heath
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Paintings Inspired By 'The Drowning Room' A Novel By Michael Pye

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Preview Day: Wednesday 14th October 12-6pm In the mid 17th century, when the Dutch first established a settlement on the island of Manhattan, Gretje Reyniers was the town whore. She also lent money and dealt in pelts. She is listed in the court records; whom she slandered and sued; who sued and slandered her back; debts welshed on; debts demanded; minor assaults; charges on lewdness. Michael Pye discovered Gretje Reyniers while researching the early history of New York. Nothing was known about her until she arrived in America, so he has conjured a life for her: a childhood in Amsterdam in the 1620s, where she grew up working with the fishwives, as a maid to a whore; where she has a child, married, was widowed until her emigration to the colonies. This book is part history, part love story, part memoir, and above all, an account of one woman's life. Also Featuring new music by Ben Hudson Project originally conceived bt Gareth Ballyn

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