Middle Gate
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".
The point of departure for one of the final institutional MeasuRages was the inscription Frank Lloyd Wright placed over the entrance to the Guggenheim Museum in New-York : “Let each man exercise the art he knows.” In these pictures, we see ORLAN crawling along the various levels of the spiral interior, whose walls featured an exhibition titled Aspects of Postwar Painting in Europe, Acquisition Priorities. Notably visible are “mirror paintings” by Michelangelo Pistoletto.
