Zanine Caldas – Creating Worlds
Zanine Caldas – Creating Worlds runs through November 7, 2026, at the Tomie Ohtake House-Studio, the artist's former residence in Campo Belo, São Paulo. Curated by Sabrina Fontenele with assistance from Lahayda Mamani Poma, the exhibition brings together furniture, models, drawings, architectural projects, photographs, films, and documents from different moments in the career of José Zanine Caldas (1919–2001).Organized into four sections, the exhibition explores his practice as a model maker, designer, self-taught architect, and educator. It ranges from his research into plywood that led to the creation of Móveis Artísticos Z, to his "protest furniture," crafted from logs discarded by the timber industry.
Zanine Caldas – Creating Worlds runs through November 7, 2026, at the Tomie Ohtake House-Studio, the artist's former residence in Campo Belo, São Paulo. Curated by Sabrina Fontenele with assistance from Lahayda Mamani Poma, the exhibition brings together furniture, models, drawings, architectural projects, photographs, films, and documents from different moments in the career of José Zanine Caldas (1919–2001).
Organized into four sections, the exhibition explores his practice as a model maker, designer, self-taught architect, and educator. It ranges from his research into plywood that led to the creation of Móveis Artísticos Z, to his "protest furniture," crafted from logs discarded by the timber industry.
