Five of Naifeh’s major works are among the principal works of art in the new facilities of the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (Aedas, architect, with Henningson, Durham and Richardson as project architects).

Saida

In the Saida series, Naifeh isolates the essential elements of important examples of Islamic architecture and transforms them into a series of wall and floor installations. An amalgamation of squares – the individual components are crafted from painted canvas, plated metals, and limestone and granite. They are formatted to create cumulative star-like wholes, underscoring the compositions’ modular nature and the strict mathematical progression that defines the relationship of the parts to the whole.

Saida II: White. 1998. Enamel on 60 canvases.

120 x 120 in., 304.8 x 304.8 cm.

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Unites Arab Emirates

SAADIYAT

The paintings from the artist’s Saadiyat series are based on an ancient Islamic scroll with small geometric designs. In this series, the artist magnifies the scale of the original pattern, regularizes the forms, and transforms dashes into dots – artistic devices relevant not only to Abstract Art but also to the Pop Art movement that emerged in Britain and the United States in the 1950s. The results are paintings that remain true to their Medieval origins while also participating fully in the tradition of International Geometric Abstraction.

Saadiyat XX. 2012. Acrylic on canvas.

72 x 98 in., 182.9 x 248.9 cm.

On view at the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Unites Arab Emirates

Photograph from Columbia Museum of Art Exhibition

The Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya, Kuwait City, Kuwait (Gensler, architects) is currently under construction and due to open to hotel guests in early 2017.  Four works from Naifeh's Saida series, clad in chrome- and copper-plated steel, hang in the Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya.

The work resides in the U.S. embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan (Page, architect of record, and Yost Grube Hall Architecture, design architect).

Saida XXXVIII: Lapis Lazuli. 2015. Lapis Lazuli on chrome-plated steel.

120 x 120 x 2.5 in., 304.8 x 304.8 x 6.4 cm.

Mandarin Oriental, New York (Brennan Beer Gorman, architects)

Saida XXXIV: Chrome. 2014. Chrome-plated steel.

84 x 84 x 2.5 in., 213.4 x 213.4 x 6.4 cm.

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Saida XV: Limestone. 2013.

180 x 180 x 20 in., 457.2 x 457.2 x 50.8 cm.

Photograph from Columbia Museum of Art, now on permanent display on the grounds of the Joye Cottage Foundation

Desert Rose I. 2015. 3D-Printed in Acrylic.

11.5 x 14 x 12.5 in., 29.2 x 35.6 x 31.8 cm.

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Left: Cyrene XV: Venetian Blue. 2011. Acrylic on 110 canvases.

89 x 115 in., 226.1 x 292.1 cm.

Center: Saida XXI: Chrome. 2014. Chrome-plated steel, 60 pieces.

96 x 96 x 2.5 in., 243.8 x 243.8 x 6.4 cm.

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Left: Mumtaz I: Steel Grey. 2014. Acrylic on canvas.

84 x 84 x 3 in., 213.4 x 213.4 x 7.6 cm.

Right: Cyrene XV: Venetian Blue. 2011. Acrylic on 110 canvases.

89 x 115 in., 226.1 x 292.1 cm.

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Mumtaz I: Steel Grey. 2014. Acrylic on canvas.

84 x 84 in., 213.4 x 213.4 cm.

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