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".

Els Dietvorst

(c)Els Dietvorst, photo: Orla Barry, 1999
The Scavenger's Daughter & White Pompei, 2000
Sculpture
loam, wood, sackcloth


"the three ladies" with no folded arms, standing raised on plinths

looking away, looking down, embarrassed, their backs to the brainless scull

- Orla Barry