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
Shanghai Démoiré, 2007
Series , 32 x 24 cm each
collage on paper

"A series of collages of images of Japanese women, bought in Shanghai, on which I have glued classical Chinese theatre masks. The texts below are texts that I found in the descriptions of drawings that have a beneficial effect on man's psyche."

− AMVK