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".

    Jacques Charlier

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    image: (c) M HKA, Collection Philippe Crismer
    TOTAL'S
    Jacques Charlier
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    "Charlier also published Total’s: the Liège Underground Journal [Total’s : la revue souterraine liégeoise]—a journal that was published sporadically between 1965 and 1968. The magazine supported the group, known as Total’s Club, which had been founded by Jean-Marie Decheneux and Paul Dubar. Charlier, together with other members of the club, participated in happenings that often had a political motivation. One of the happenings included a march against nuclear weapons in Brussels, where the members walked with a transparent flag and a bandage stuck to their mouths. In this way, they supported the demonstration but, at the same time, they denounced the theatricality of the protest."

    Liesbeth Decan, Conceptual, Surrealist, Pictorial: Photo-based Art in Belgium (1960s – early 1990s), Leuven University Press, 2016, p. 45

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