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".

    Danny Devos

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    (c)image: M HKA
    Guillotine, 1987
    Danny Devos
    Installation , 300 x 250 x 60 cm
    wood, metal, rope

    On the occasion of 'Memories of Montevideo - The Antwerp Avant-Garde Scene in the Early '80s', my 1987 Guillotine was revived after a 20-year solstice in our basement. Due to the low ceiling in the museum it is shown horizontal, just like Luc Deleu's 'Scale and Perspective' horizontal building crane in Montevideo in 1981.

    I met my Guillotine sculpture
    In our basement last week
    She seemed so glad to see me
    She just smiled
    And we thought about some old times
    And we drew ourselves some blood
    Still sharp after all these years
    Still sharp after all these years

    I'm not the kind of person
    Who tends to socialize
    I seem to lean on
    Old traditional ways
    And I ain't no fool for love songs
    That whisper in your ears
    Still sharp after all these years
    Still sharp after all these years

    Six in the morning
    Wringed out
    Jading
    Longing my life away
    I'll never worry
    Why should I?
    It's all gonna fade

    Now I stand by the window
    And I watch the cars
    There will be some damage
    One fine day
    But I will not be convinced
    By anyone in here
    Still sharp
    Still sharp
    Still sharp after all these years

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