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".

    Wout Vercammen

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    Lundi, Mardi, Mercredi, Jeudi, Vendredi, 1970
    Wout Vercammen
    Painting , 80 x 100 cm
    acrylic on canvas

    "In the background of many compositions, one notices how using fresh, weighty colors, Wout Vercammen in fact pokes ridicule at the painterly enthusiasm of recent years: 'Hefty Malerei', graffiti, patterning painting and so on.  Elsewhere we see handprints that remind one of X-rays, or words on a red pink wall with gauze in front.  Wout Vercammen writes words or sentences across the composition.  For that matter, he once studied typography.  Letters, words and laconic statements are frequent elements in his work."

    (source: Beeldschrift [Picture writing], in: Gazet van Antwerpen 7/6/1985)

    "In de achtergronden van vele komposities merkt men hoe Wout Vercammen met frisse, hevige kleuren het schildersentoesiasme van de jongste jaren in feite ridikulizeert: Heftige Malerei, graffiti, patterning painting en dies meer. Elders ziet men handafdrukken die aan röntgenopnamen herinneren, of woorden op een roderoze muur met daarvoor een gaas. Woorden of zinnen schrijft Wout Vercammen over de kompositie. Hij deed trouwens typografische studies. Lettertekens, woorden en lakonische zinnen neemt hij frekwent in zijn werk op."

    (bron: Beeldschrift, in: Gazet van Antwerpen 7/6/1985)

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