Olivier Mosset is one of the central figures of postwar abstract painting, and an essential reference for several generations of European and American painters. First associated with Daniel Buren, Michel Parmentier, and Niele Toroni in the ephemeral constellation B.M.P.T., his series of circles repeated tirelessly during the 1960s is among the most frequently referenced works of that period.

Mosset has lived in the United States since 1977, and has been part of New York art scene since the 1980s. With the same analytical rigor that characterized his early work, his more recent painting explores the fields of monochrome or geometric abstraction. Mosset is one of the few European painters to be part of the legacy of great American painting alongside figures such as Frank Stella, Robert Ryman, and Barnet Newman. This has not prevented him from remaining attentive to developments elsewhere in the art world, and from supporting the practices of artists different from his own.