Oro Lucem — literally praying to the light — marks the culmination of a triptych initiated by the artist with Oro Tenebris (praying to the darkness) and then Oro Terram (praying to the earth). These are three stages, like so many invitations to explore the deep layers of the human soul, in a quest for an inner space and a forgotten spirituality. This work ignites matter, it summons light as much as shadow, and gives birth to unexpected forms, in a clarity that is sometimes dark, sometimes dazzling. All of this unfolds at the centre of some thirty works, brought together to create a total experience.
More about Zad Moultaka :
Born in 1967 in Lebanon, Zad Moultaka began playing the piano as well as painting at the age of five. He moved to Paris in 1984 and was awarded First Prize at the Conservatoire National Supérieur in 1989. However, in 1993, he abandoned his performing career to devote himself fully to musical composition and the visual arts. Since then, his transdisciplinary work—combining installation, painting, video, and photography—has been exhibited worldwide: at the Centre Pompidou Metz, the Institut du Monde Arabe, the Galerie Tanit (Beirut and Munich), Cromwell Place in London, and at the Venice Biennale. In 2021, he was selected by Louis Vuitton to design a trunk for the brand’s 200th anniversary.
