“Through art, I’m just expressing my existence now. I’m enjoying the process of making art.” – Dato’ M. Nasir Themes like dreams, certainties, doubts and history relating to Dato’ M. Nasir’s understanding of poetic abstraction are illustrated in his paintings. Keen to pursue abstract art as an artistic voice, Dato’ M. Nasir always bears in mind what Russian abstract pioneer Wassily Kandinsky describes in his essay Paintings as Pure Art: “This art speaks in artistic language from spirit to spirit”. Award-winning music composer and singer, Dato’ M. Nasir is also an accomplished music producer, film director, actor, and poet – a household name in the Malaysian entertainment industry. He graduated in fine art from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore in 1977. In 2014, he held his first solo exhibition at Tapak Galeri, owned by veteran abstract artist Yusof Ghani in Shah Alam, Selangor. Entitled Tanda, the sold-out show featured 15 paintings, which took more than a year to complete. The following year, Dato’ M. Nasir presented Tanda II, which showcased 25 abstract paintings created between 2013 and 2015. He has also participated in various group exhibitions namely Two-Man Batik Exhibition with S. Amin Shahab at National Art Gallery Singapore in 1978, and Maya at Maybank Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur in 1999.