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".

Ricardo Brey

Back

Birdland , 2001

Ricardo Brey

Installation , 160 x 140 x 140cm

glass and metal structure, buttons, metal coins, jewels , saxophone, ostrich eggs and coats

“I am mad about interruptions, sketches, the ephemeral, the chaotic, the second chance things have to come back to life,” Brey once said. Everything that crosses his path deserves a second chance: this is the breeding ground for his work. Brey always starts out with personal interpretations, associations and the conviction that “every material has a spiritual and creative value.” In Birdland (2001) he makes old coats into a nest, which contains ostrich eggs and a saxophone in the shape of a swan. The materials have multiple layers of meaning, both alluding to Brey’s recent fatherhood and containing a combination of references to the worlds of music and nature.

Back