Middle Gate

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    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".

    André Cadere

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    (c)image: Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven / Peter Cox
    A 12003000 = 25 x x 3 x 10 = Noir Blanc Rouge [A 12003000 = 25 x x 3 x 10 = Black White Red], 1978
    André Cadere
    Sculpture , 27 x 2.5 cm
    enamel paint, wood

    Andre Cadere’s practice was to leave wooden sculptures like this one behind in other people’s exhibitions. That’s why in the exhibition SPIRITS OF INTERNATIONALISM this little sculpture has been placed in a corner, on the floor, since this is exactly how the artist would have presented it. He would have come to the show and carried it with him, so everybody would have seen him with it, and then he would leave it behind on a corner of the space.

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