Bani Abidi @bani_abidi is part of the group exhibition Draw Withdraw Redraw, opening today at Kunstinstituut Melly…
Bani Abidi @bani_abidi is part of the group exhibition Draw Withdraw Redraw, opening today at Kunstinstituut Melly @kunstinstituutmelly, Rotterdam. Curated by Gabi Ngcobo @gabi_ngcobo_official, Honey Kraiwee, Alicia Grobholz @alicia_gro.
Abidi is showing her body of paintings Attempts at measuring refusal at the exhibition.
“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…Departing from the extended sense of drawing, Draw Withdraw Redraw foregrounds recognition, resistance, and reinvention.”
– Excerpt from the exhibition curatorial note
As part of the opening day program, Abidi will be in Round Table Talk with artists Cinthia Marcelle (@cimarcelle), Felipe Mujica (el.musgo.mujica), Misheck Masamvu, Nohemí Pérez (@noemi_perez_amador), and Thierry Oussou today in the Auditorium, Kunstinstituut Melly, 5 PM CEST.
Draw Withdraw Redraw will be on view until 4 October 2026.
