Draw Withdraw Redraw

Draw Withdraw Redraw, a group exhibition featuring work by AYO, Bani Abidi, Cinthia Marcelle, Felipe Mujica, Misheck Masamvu, Nohemi Perez, and Thierry Oussou.

To draw, drawing from, drawing with, drawn to, to being drawn in, a draw–returning to the drawing board as a space to rethink and make new plans for a desired waywardness.

Drawing to leave a mark on paper, on fabric, on the ground […] drawing to create movement [...] drawing to extract [...] drawing in the game of chance [...] drawing to neither lose nor win [...] Departing from the extended sense of drawing, Draw Withdraw Redraw foregrounds recognition, resistance, and reinvention.

To draw withdraw redraw situates us in a state of ongoingness, returning to the same that is not the same. Movement seeks flight without yearning to land. There is constant negotiation, chance-taking and self-preservation, because we never left drawing… because drawing is where we can always pull from…To draw, drawing from, drawing with, drawn to, to being drawn in, a draw.

the 1st Meeting of the Legendaries at Kunstinstituut Melly

During Open Monument Day, The Legendaries, an ongoing project by artist Cinthia Marcelle, was launched as part of the Draw Withdraw Redraw exhibition at Kunstinstituut Melly on Saturday, 12 September 2026.

The Legendaries emerged in 2008 from a reflection on the Centro Cultural São Paulo (CCSP), one of São Paulo’s oldest public cultural institutions. The project reflects on how a public institution is formed, activating the memories and collective imagination of the people who, in different ways, have contributed to building and sustaining an institution over time. The latest edition, the 1st Meeting of the Legendaries at Kunstinstituut Melly, brings together 14 individuals who have developed a relationship with the institution over the past 36 years, including collaborators, artists, curators, board members, technicians, staff, and members of the public. The project highlights the many relationships, stories, and shared histories that have shaped our institution, renamed Kunstinstituut Melly in 2021.