The exhibition project Middle Gate II – The Story of Dymphna is a collaboration between M HKA (Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp) and the cultural centre de Werft in Geel. Middle Gate II is the follow up to the exhibition Middle Gate, curated by Jan Hoet in Geel in 2013. The exhibition concept is closely tied to the legend of the holy Dymphna, saint of the possessed, the mentally ill and patroness against epilepsy and insanity. The legend of Dymphna shares a strong connection to the identity of Geel, "the charitable city".

Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK

(c)image: AMVK
Ongeloof en Geloof/Disbelief and Belief, 1995
Other , 181 x 135 x 8.2 cm
Paint and plexi on wood

"Engraving/collage in and with Plexiglass mounted on a painted wooden box: part of the cycle "God and Violence", for which I asked a friend to pose while magnetizing a skeleton. Before each session we read a part of "the Sermon on the Mount" in the Gospel of Matthew together." — AMVK