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".

    Taus Makhacheva

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    © Taus Makhacheva. Photo: M HKA
    Types du Caucase, 2013-2015
    Taus Makhacheva
    Installation , 91 x (ca. 14 x 9 cm)
    paper

    Types du Caucase is a set of 19th-century postcards from Taus Makhacheva’s personal archive. The life and customs of the peoples of the Caucasus appear on postcards as an exoticized representation of the Other. The captions on the postcards are written in Russian and French, which designates them as being for the members of the elites of that time. Examples of ‘popularised ethnography’ of the Russian Empire, such ‘picturesque’ photographs are the product of orientalism that served as an instrument of colonial policy.

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