Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque by Sahel Khalilnejad Explore Mondoir Studio Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 100 x 130 cm Year: 2025 Price: $700.00 USD Status: available A night view of Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, painted in oil with subtle traditional carpet motifs layered into the dark background. Why collect this work?A pale, frontal mosque silhouette meets a dark field of carpet-like flowers, treating architecture and ornament as parallel carriers of cultural memory rather than as foreground and backdrop. Khalilnejad states that she reinterprets Persian carpet motifs to connect heritage with contemporary painting. That intention clarifies the pairing here, though the visual tension comes from the motif’s scale and placement.In the supplied image, one minaret anchors the left edge while clustered domes spread horizontally. Branching floral forms fill the upper half, turning the night sky into a dense ornamental canopy.Catalogued as oil on canvas, the 100 by 130 cm painting combines simplified architectural modelling with intricate pattern. The mosque appears nearly monochrome, while muted floral colour remains partially submerged in darkness.Titled Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque and dated 2025, the work provides a specific case for examining how a UAE landmark can be re-framed through textile-derived visual traditions associated by the artist with her Iranian upbringing. About the ArtistSahel Khalilnejad Sahel Khalilnejad is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: painting. Based in Dubai, AE. Nationality: Iranian My work explores the relationship between cultural heritage, memory, and contemporary visual expression.
