Steven Naifeh

Estate of Gregory White Smith, South Carolina
Leila Heller Gallery, New York

This work is in very good condition. There is a fine layer of dust on the outer edges of the canvases. There is a light 2mm rub mark on the second bottom right of the smallest squares canvas. The colours the in the catalogue illustration are accurate.
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“Saida is an Arabic word meaning happiness. When I found the geometric basis for this series, it was incredibly exciting. And I think most people who see it have the same feeling. It is so surprising and delightful the way the pattern works out – how these boxes of different sizes stack into a spiral. It combines the satisfying resolution of geometry with the playfulness of Op Art. The contradiction of these two pleasures affects the way you see the image. Your eye oscillates constantly between the stable overall design and the shapeshifting separate elements. The result is a kind of visual laughter.” (Steven Naifeh in conversation with Will South in Exh. Cat., Columbia Museum of Art, Found in Translation, May – September 2013, p. 20)