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) M HKA, Courtesy of the artist and Kromus+Zink Gallery
In 1995, during the war in Chechnya, the artist’s family and some of their relatives escaped the bombs falling on Grozny: 21 persons in one ‘Volga’ car.
