Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo

Tarik Kiswanson | Limiar

03.09.2025–25.01.2026

Tarik Kiswanson’s first solo exhibition in São Paulo, Limiar was originally conceived for the Glass Room at MAM São Paulo and later adapted to occupy an entire gallery at Instituto Tomie Ohtake, creating an architectural intervention that alters the perception of space.

In this installation, the artist brings together three suspended elements: a chair from the Móveis Cimo factory, once used in Brazilian immigration offices in the 1950s; a 19th-century Belgian Catholic church pew, a testimony to the colonial circulation of sacred objects; and Cradle, a white cocoon-shaped sculpture that evokes origin, absence, and the potential of the future. Brought together in the exhibition space, these elements create a sensitive environment that invites reflection on identity, exile, and belonging.

More than representing historical narratives, Limiar offers an immersive and poetic experience in which the visible and the invisible intertwine.

www.institutotomieohtake.org.br/en/exposicoes/tarik-kiswanson-threshold

Installation Views

  • Exhibition view: Tarik Kiswanson, Limiar, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, 2025
    Photo © Everton Ballardi

  • Exhibition view: Tarik Kiswanson, Limiar, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, 2025
    Photo © Everton Ballardi

  • Exhibition view: Tarik Kiswanson, Limiar, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, 2025
    Photo © Ana Pigosso

  • Exhibition view: Tarik Kiswanson, Limiar, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, 2025
    Photo © Ana Pigosso