Opening: Draw Withdraw Redraw

On Saturday, 23 May 2026, Kunstinstituut Melly invites you to the opening of Draw Withdraw Redraw, a group exhibition featuring work by AYO, Bani Abidi, Cinthia Marcelle, Felipe Mujica, Misheck Masamvu, Nohemí Pérez, and Thierry Oussou.

To draw, drawing from, drawing with, drawn 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, being drawn in, a draw.