Maryam Eisler, Co-chair of the Tate Middle East North Africa Acquisitions Committee in London, was acquainted with the work of Mohammed Qasim Ashfaq with the help of Peckham-based gallerist Hannah Barry. When Maryam first encountered the works of the artist, she was immediately mesmerized by the linear simplicity, precision, and sharpness of Mohammed’s sculptures in relation to the light and their occupied space