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".

    Hugo Roelandt

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    °1950 †2015
    Died in Antwerpen, BE
    Born in Aalst, BE

    The Belgian artist Hugo Roelandt (1950-2015) is one of the pioneers of performance art in Belgium in the seventies and eighties. He consciously operates outside the art market and has an eye for questions about society. Besides that, he was a real ‘artist’s artist’ and a reference in both his city of origin Aalst and in Antwerp, where he lived for most of his life. He advocated an art beyond the art market and geared towards society. During the mid-seventies he visualises gender and identity fluidity in a way that is still relevant.

    Combining his insights from photography and performance art, he evolves towards a personal crossover of performance, documentation and installation art for which he coins the label 'post-performance'. Charismatic and energetic, he continuously cooperates with a multitude of people.

    Hugo Roelandt generously bequeathed part of his estate to the Antwerp Academy, where he was a teacher in the photography department. In consultation with Lydia Van Loock, his spouse, the Academy decided that the artists' archive should stay together at M HKA as a platform for research about the artist and performance art in Belgium.

    Items

    Hugo Roelandt: Getuigenissen, 2016

    Hugo Roelandt, Marc Holthof, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK, Roger D' Hondt
    Hugo Roeland & New Reform: De Aalsterse Connectie, 2016

    Roger D' Hondt, Hugo Roelandt
    Last Performance, 2015

    Hugo Roelandt
    Wij gaan de hemel uitbreiden / Let's expand the sky, 2005

    Hugo Roelandt
    Zonder titel, reconstructie van een deel van de badkamer van de kunstenaar / Untitled, reconstruction of part of the artist's bathroom, 2000

    Hugo Roelandt
    Hugo Roelandt in zijn badkamer terwijl hij het Vrijheidsbeeld imiteert / Hugo Roelandt in his bathroom while imitating the statue of liberty, 2000

    Hugo Roelandt
    Zonder titel, roze neon / Untitled, pink neon, 1996

    Hugo Roelandt
    Zonder titel, vier neons in goudgeel en citroengeel / Untitled, four golden and citrus yellow neons, 1996

    Hugo Roelandt
    Light Sculpture / Lichtsculptuur , 1996

    Hugo Roelandt
    Fotowerken / Performance Projekt - Photo Works / Performance Project, 1994

    Hugo Roelandt
    CONCORDIA DISCORS, 1994

    Hugo Roelandt
    Variaties van wit, 1993

    Hugo Roelandt
    Zonder titel, Zelfportret met witte neus / Untitled, Self-portrait with white nose, 1993

    Hugo Roelandt
    Zonder titel / Untitled, Strepen / Stripes, Detail uit/from video installation Remote Control, 1993

    Hugo Roelandt
    Lichtsculptuur / Light Sculpture, 1993

    Hugo Roelandt
    Zonder titel, vier verschillende manieren om ruis te tonen / Untitled, four different ways to show noise, 1993

    Hugo Roelandt
    Zonder titel, onderdeel van Nuances van Wit / Untitled, part of Nuances of White, 1993

    Hugo Roelandt
    Zonder titel, foto's op aluminium gebaseerd op ingekleurde zelfportretten uit de vroege jaren 1970 / Untitled, photos on aluminum based on tinted self-portraits from the early 1970's, 1993

    Hugo Roelandt
    Afbraak van een kunstwerk/Destruction of an artwork, Pavimenti, 1992

    Marc Holthof, Hugo Roelandt
    Zonder titel / Untitled, Cactus, 1992

    Hugo Roelandt
    Zonder titel / Untitled, vier zijden van monitor / four sides of monitor, 1992

    Hugo Roelandt
    Vensters bedekt met Congo blauw vinyl/Windows covered with Congo blue vinyl, 1992

    Hugo Roelandt
    Zonder titel / Untitled, Zelfportret met monitor / Self-portraits with monitor, 1990

    Hugo Roelandt
    Film van een venster in een appartement / Film of apartment window, 1990

    Hugo Roelandt
    Eurotronics / Antwerpen in een nieuw licht bekeken, 1990

    Hugo Roelandt
    HISTOIRE D'EAU, 1990

    Hugo Roelandt
    Pavimenti, 1987

    Hugo Roelandt
    Keizershallenproject / Keizershallen Project, 1986

    Hugo Roelandt
    De vorm van water. Zwembad en Beeldende Kunst. , 1986

    Hugo Roelandt
    Invite Id'A Screen Machine, 1986

    Jef Lambrecht, Dominique Grégoire , Jacques Lizène, Jacques Charlier, George Smits, Baudouin Oosterlynck, Hugo Roelandt
    Boelproject / Boel Project, 1985

    Hugo Roelandt
    AUTO MOBILE TERGI CRISTALLO, 1985

    Hugo Roelandt, Danny Devos
    Auto Mobile Tergicristallo, 1985

    Bob Van Aert, Jan Heremans, Marc Holthof, Hugo Roelandt, Greet Verlinden
    Aigua Bellugada / De vorm van water, 1985

    Hugo Roelandt
    Circulatie / Circulation, 1985

    Marc Holthof, Greet Verlinden, Hugo Roelandt
    GA - Tijdschrift van de Galerij van de Akademie Van Waasmunster, Jrg.5, nr.1, september-oktober 1985, 1985

    Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp , Hugo Roelandt, Wilfried Huet
    Auto Matic Art Project, 1983

    Bob Van Aert, Hugo Roelandt, Marc Holthof, Greet Verlinden
    Aeromatic Art Project 1, 1983

    Marc Holthof, Greet Verlinden, Hugo Roelandt
    Auto Matic Art Project , 1983

    Bob Van Aert, Marc Holthof, Greet Verlinden, Hugo Roelandt
    Post Performance Project 3, 1981

    Marc Holthof, Paul Geladi, Hugo Roelandt
    Bezetting Groendalstraat (Occupation Groendalstraat), 1981

    Hugo Roelandt
    Wit Zwart, 1980

    Hugo Roelandt, Paul Geladi
    Post Performance Project 1, 1980

    Paul Geladi, Hugo Roelandt
    Affiches van Post Performance Project 1 / Posters of Post Performance Project 1, 1980

    Hugo Roelandt
    Post Performance Project 2(B), 1980

    Hugo Roelandt
    Kaaitheaterperformance / Kaaitheater Performance, 1979

    Hugo Roelandt
    Creatie van een Stuk / Creation of a Piece, 1978

    Hugo Roelandt
    Als u precies doet wat wij zeggen (of niet zo precies) dan maakt u zelf het stuk / If you do exactly (or not exactly) what we tell you to do, you create your own performance, 1978

    Marc Holthof, Hugo Roelandt, Luc Steels, Marc Verreckt, Paul Geladi
    De 4 seizoenen / The 4 Seasons, 1977

    Hugo Roelandt, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK, Narcisse Tordoir
    Hugo Roelandt: Solo-Performance, 1977

    Hugo Roelandt
    Wit Zwart, fotoserie / photo series, 1977

    Hugo Roelandt
    Zonder titel / Untitled, schoenen in plaaster / Shoes in Plaster (Solo-Performance Stadtarchiv Kassel), 1977

    Hugo Roelandt
    Onderzoek omtrent het actuele esthetische ideaal / Research about the Actual Estheatic Ideal, 1976

    Hugo Roelandt
    Naaktportretten / Nude Portraits, 1976

    Hugo Roelandt
    Zonder titel, 1975

    Hugo Roelandt
    Painting a still life, 1975

    Hugo Roelandt
    Zonder titel, 1975

    Hugo Roelandt
    Untitled / Zonder titel, vier zelfportretten in travestie / four self-portraits in drag, 1974

    Hugo Roelandt
    Zelfportret in travestie / Self-portrait in Drag, 1974

    Hugo Roelandt
    Zelfportret in travestie / Self-portrait in Drag , 1974

    Hugo Roelandt
    Eén van 'Drie Dames' / One of 'Three Ladies', 1974

    Hugo Roelandt
    Stilleven / Still life, 1974

    Hugo Roelandt
    Diaserie van vroege performances geprojecteerd op een oppervlak in midden goud / Slide series of early performances projected on a surface of mid-gold, 1974

    Hugo Roelandt
    Geprojecteerde gevoelens tegenover iets of iemand [Projected Feelings Toward Something or Somebody], 1974

    Hugo Roelandt
    Tricolor, 1974

    Hugo Roelandt
    Zonder titel, 1974

    Hugo Roelandt
    Bolero, 1974

    Hugo Roelandt
    Kiek - Vicious Kabaret, 1974

    Hugo Roelandt
    Zelfportretten / Self-Portraits (1973 / 1993), 1973

    Hugo Roelandt
    Self-portrait, green version / Zelfportret, groene versie, 1973

    Hugo Roelandt
    En passant / Binnen en Buiten, 1972

    Hugo Roelandt
    Zonder titel, 1972

    Hugo Roelandt
    Een dag in het leven van een ster / A day in the life of a star, 1971

    Hugo Roelandt
    Zonder titel / Untitled, plaasteren buste / plaster bust

    Hugo Roelandt
    Colourframe / Nuances van Wit / Variaties van Wit

    Hugo Roelandt
    Zonder titel

    Hugo Roelandt
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