Exhibition “Open3 | Tomie Ohtake and Chu Ming Silveira"

Starting in August, the OPEN returns to São Paulo in its third edition, bigger and more ambitious than previous editions. After its inaugural edition in the only remaining private residence of the legendary architect Oscar Niemeyer in São Paulo, and a second edition in a house designed by Villanova Artigas, a seminal figure of the Escola Paulista de Arquitetura, this year's exceptional art and design exhibition will occupy, for For the first time, two distinct spaces – and it will be an ode to the artistic and architectural legacy of two extraordinary Asian-Brazilian women and their notable brutalist houses from the 1970s.

More than residences, they are spaces where the creativity, spirit and memory of these two women are perpetuated for future generations: one of them, designed by Brazilian architect Ruy Ohtake for his mother, Tomie Ohtake, a renowned artist of Japanese origin, born in Kyoto ; and the other, a family residence project by Chu Ming Silveira, born in Shanghai, China. The latter, a visionary architect and designer, created one of the great symbols of Brazilian urban furniture, the pay phone.

The houses will serve as a backdrop for art and design exhibitions, carefully selected by the trio of curators Filipe Assis, Kiki Mazzucchelli and Claudia Moreira Salles in response to the architectural environment; elements such as exposed concrete and organic lines will be seamlessly integrated to enhance the overall artistic experience. “We are excited to reveal the remarkable stories of these extraordinary women and their profound impact on Brazilian art, architecture and design. The exhibition not only celebrates their artistic and architectural contributions, but also their immigrant perspectives that shaped the Brazilian modernist movement,” explains Filipe Assis, art entrepreneur and founder of ABERTO in 2022. A pioneering exhibition platform, ABERTO celebrates and promotes the meeting of architecture, art and design in never-before-seen public and private spaces, and brings together the main cultural institutions, collections, foundations and galleries, to create an attractive panorama of works by the most prominent names in Brazil and the world.

The art curation will foreground a captivating array of Brazilian and international modern and contemporary art through collaborations with renowned galleries such as Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel, Mendes Wood DM, Luisa Strina and Nara Roesler, as well as global galleries Lisson and Pace. While the design curation, by Claudia Moreira Salles, will focus on new pieces of furniture designed by the Ohtake and Chu families specially edited for the event by Galeria ETEL, under the direction of Lissa Carmona.

“These homes offer an unexpected intimacy, inspired by oriental designs with low ceilings that enhance engagement with art, promoting contemplation and interaction. Our curatorship carefully uses architectural elements – openings, angles and natural light – to place works of art, transforming each house into a canvas that combines form and function for an immersive experience beyond typical exhibition standards”, explains curator Claudia Moreira Salles.

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Exhibition | Open3 | Tomie Ohtake and Chu Ming Silveira
From August 11th to September 15th

Chu Ming Silveira's residence
Address: Rua República Dominicana, 327 – Real Parque, São Paulo
Visiting hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 18pm – last entry 17pm

Tomie Ohtake's Atelier House
Address: Rua Antonio de Macedo Soares, 1,800 – Campo Belo, São Paulo
Visiting hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 18pm – last entry 17pm