“I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom”
~ Bob Dylan
“Bob Dylan’s arrival in New York was like a prophecy come true. He fit the image that had already been established by Pete Seeger in his blue jeans and work shirts and by Woody Guthrie - a refugee from the dust bowl era -and his dirty rugged clothing. Dylan stepped into this legacy and played his character well with his own comedy and original insights. People remember that he was “stealing" from everybody around him, absorbing the entire scene. In the process he energized folk music, created his own songs, incorporated earlier American traditional music, shaped Rock’n’Roll and wrote some of the most moving songs of the century”
~ John Cohen
(1932 - 2019)
John was both a gifted musician and a photographer who bonded with Bob when he first arrived in New York at the ripe old age of 20 years old. Together they collaborated on many of the best early images of the singer who was destined to change music history forever.
Come visit and enjoy the opening reception of our new exhibition Bob Dylan, Mixing up the Medicine, Tuesday October 24th, 5:00 - 7:00 pm.