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, Nohemi Perez, 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.

Opening Day Program

The official program of the opening will begin at 3pm

12:00 PM

Doors open

3:00 - 3:20 PM

Welcome and opening words by Gabi Ngcobo

3:30 PM - ongoing

Education activity for kids in the Space for Education and Participation, inspired by Felipe Mujica’s sketches

4:00 - 4:30 PM

Performance by AYO and S*an D. Henry-Smith

5:00 - 5:40 PM

Artists Round Table Talk with AYO, Bani Abidi, Cinthia Marcelle, Felipe Mujica, Misheck Masamvu and Thierry Oussou in the Auditorium

5:40 - 7:30 PM

Music by DJ MF Andrade and dinner by Tuba Kilic in the Melly Cantina

7:30 PM

End

Join us in celebrating this group exhibition together with the artists!