During his studies and travels, artist Moussa Tiba experimented with a variety of subject matter and mediums. In the early 1970s, he resolutely turned towards abstraction and warmer colors. The geometric shapes, squares and straight lines took over his canvases, as seen in “The Earth”. Some interpret his work as having sexual overtones, the unity of a man and woman, the forms and colors colliding together while the classic bodies are stripped of their traditional lines and curves.