Who? Japanese-Brazilian artist Tomie Ohtake is primarily known for her abstract paintings and monumental sculptures which explore formal, temporal and spiritual aspects of colour, shape and texture. Considered one of the most important contemporary artists in Brazil (there is a cultural institute founded in her honour) Ohtake moved to São Paulo from her native Kyoto in 1936, and continued to live and work there until her death last year, at the grand age of…
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