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".
©Courtesy of the artist
Stigmata.
I consider violence to be a faceless thing.
The face has lost all its recognisable features.
Human barbarity has made it unrecognisable.
When I attempt to draw the face of violence.
I create white, faded holes.
they are like stigmata, which we should cherish and feel
in the hopes that they will accompany us freely.
ED 2018.
