In this edition, the exhibition will take place, for the first time, in two iconic houses from the 1970s and owned by two women: artist Tomie Ohtake's studio-house, designed by her son, architect Ruy Ohtake, in Campo Belo and the house designed by Sino-Brazilian architect Chu Ming Silveira in Real Parque.
Tomie, one of the main representatives of abstract art in Brazil, Tomie Ohtake (b. 1913, Kyoto, Japan - d. 2015, São Paulo, Brazil) moved to Brazil in 1936. Her artistic career began at the age of 37 when she became a member of the Seibi group, which brought together artists of Japanese descent. His studio-house, designed by Ruy Ohtake, stands out for its concrete structure, a signature of São Paulo architecture, as well as for the elements belonging to the so-called 'Paulista School of Architecture', a branch of Brutalism that profoundly marked the São Paulo scene between the 1950s and the 1970s.
Chu Ming Silveira graduated in architecture from the Faculty of Architecture at Mackenzie University in 1964, and was famous for designing the telephone protectors, popularly known as Orelhinha and Orelhão, icons of Brazilian design and urban furniture worldwide.