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
    De 4 jaargetijden in Noorwegen, 1994
    Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK
    Series , 50 x 50 cm
    acrylic on cardboard

    (The 4 Seasons in Norway)

    "This was part of my graduation work in graphic design in 1974. I made a background drawing of a town in Norway, with clouds in which a kind of angel or goddess spins time. For every season, I provided a translucent Plexiglas plate with adapted colour changes and crops.

    As a small child, I really liked to walk through the plastic department of the Grand Bazar at Antwerp’s Groenplaats. All those replicas of objects in radiant colour ranges enchanted me. There was also my most artistic and very pretty aunt who in the 1950s completely dressed up her room in the parental house on the Turnhoutsebaan in Borgerhout with translucent plastic: that made a big impression on me.

    For a long time, I’ve read fairy tales, and in the Norwegian legends and legends I found an intriguing alternative to the Bible and its Genesis with Adam and Eve."

    − AMVK

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