About

Moutashar’s interest lies in time and space and how it traverses surfaces. A long-time resident of France, Moutashar was a regular exhibitor at the Galerie Denise René, Paris known for pioneering abstract kinetic and Op-Art. Although his works appear to be in dialogue with these familiar art movements, his practice also departs from their fixed definitions. A joint winner of the Jameel Art Prize 5 at the Victoria and Albert Museum, his work can often be described as the intersection of two artistic traditions: the western tradition of geometric abstraction and the Islamic tradition of …