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".

    Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK

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    (c)image: AMVK
    Vacant, 1989
    Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK
    Other , 16 x 24.5 x 0.8 cm
    paint on 2 layers of plexi, doublesided

    "A double-sided painting on Plexiglas, with on one side a golden empty chair for a privileged person and on the other side some meaningless furniture, an interior whose identity has become so blurred that it has become art."

    − AMVK

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