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

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Mixed Media , 116.5 x 125 x 4.5 cm
Acrylpaint, marker, spray paint, pencil, computerprints on plastic adhesive foil on PVC and plexiglas fragments

"'You can fake virtues, not vice', says the German actor Klaus Kinski. And I know that anarchy is the philosophy of those who can bear no laws."

− AMVK