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".
image: (c) Jurgen Addiers, Collectie M HKA, Antwerpen, Collectie Vlaamse Gemeenschap
The work is part of a larger sculpture by Ivan Kožarić.
This work is part of I’m Feeling Like the Belly of a Lion That Has Eaten Too Much. A stylised sculpture of a lion doubling as a vessel (literally a golden bowl) that holds other works and multiples by Ivan Kožarić – but why stop there, why not the entire content of the world?
