Idris Khan
Idris Khan
Idris Khan
Idris Khan
Idris Khan
Idris Khan
Idris Khan
Idris Khan
Idris Khan
Idris Khan
Idris Khan
Idris Khan
Idris Khan
Idris Khan
Idris Khan
Idris Khan
Idris Khan
Idris Khan
Drawing inspiration from the history of art and music as well as key philosophical and theological texts, Idris Khan investigates memory, creativity and the layering of experience. Khan's works – in media including sculpture, painting and photography – rely on a continuous process of creation and erasure, or the adding of new layers while retaining traces of what has gone before. He is well known for his large-scale works in which techniques of layering are used to arrive at what might be considered the essence of an image, and to create something entirely new through repetition and superimposition.
Khan first gained attention for work in which he used digital technology to overlay and combine series of visual or textual work: every Bernd and Hilla Becher photograph of a gable-sided house, every page of the Quran, every late Constable painting, every stave of Chopin's Nocturnes. While photographic in nature, the resulting images possess characteristics more akin to drawing or painting and are presented as a kind of palimpsest, animated by the accumulative intervention of the artist's hand.
Repetition and action have always been central to Khan's practice along with a restricted set of processes. However, while his earlier works drew on pre-existing cultural artefacts and were about creating a totality from discrete parts, his more recent series introduce another layer of mediation and are resolutely hand-made. To create the works included in his 2013 exhibition Beyond the Black, printed texts were stamped in densely overlaid geometric shapes on the surface of paintings, works on paper, sculptures and wall drawings. Often taking many weeks to create, the results consist of many thousands of individual strands of text drawn from the artist's own writings in response to classic art historical, philosophical and religious tracts. These texts have profound resonance for the artist and describe his approach to creating work. However, for the viewer their full meaning is elusive. Khan appears to suggest that our linear experience of time and place has a more shadowy relationship with memory and the subconscious, and that they cannot be so easily grasped.
For Conflicting Lines, his 2015 exhibition at Victoria Miro Mayfair, Khan produced large-scale composite photographs made from a series of oil stick paintings which have undergone an intensive process of overlaying lines of writing repeatedly painted on to a minimal ground, until the language became obscured. Documenting the journey of the paintings, in these works Khan collects details of the line from every angle, and in doing so has the ability to constantly change its nature. The words are a response to the barrage of media images of conflict that are 'un-escapable' in today's world. By using Roland Barthes' theory of the 'punctum', Khan writes about a certain personal touching detail of an object or person that jumps out of the photograph and holds his gaze.
Commissions include a wall drawing commissioned by the British Museum in 2012 for its exhibition Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam. In addition, for the duration of the exhibition, Khan’s monumental floor installation, Seven Times, was installed in the museum’s Great Court. Also in 2012, The New York Times Magazine commissioned Khan to create a new body of work for its London issue. Focusing on the capital’s most iconic buildings and structures, Khan’s image of the London Eye featured on the cover. Khan’s major commission for a permanent public monument, forming the centrepiece of the new Memorial Park in Abu Dhabi, was unveiled for UAE Commemoration Day in November 2016. In 2017, it received an American Architecture Prize.
Idris Khan’s 21 Stones is currently displayed in The Albukhary Foundation Islamic Gallery which recently opened at the British Museum, London. 21 Stones is the British Museum's first site-specific artwork.
Khan has also worked on significant collaborations across art forms. In 2014 he worked with choreographer Wayne McGregor and composer Max Richter on Richter’s recomposition of The Four Seasons, producing sets for the production which premiered at Zurich Opera House. Lying in Wait, 2009, a collaboration by Khan and choreographer Sarah Warsop in association with Victoria Miro and Siobhan Davies Dance, is formed of layered movement that travels between three screens.
Whether working with the still or moving photographic image, painting on canvas or directly on to the wall, Khan retains an aesthetic of elegant saturation. The density and precision of his images allude to the excess of information in the technical age, while encouraging a slower and more engaged way of looking and responding to our collective history and culture. He creates an expanded sense of time.
Born in Birmingham in 1978, Idris Khan completed his Master’s Degree at the Royal College of Art and lives and works in London. Idris Khan was appointed OBE for services to Art in the Queen’s Birthday 2017 Honours List.
His recent solo show, The Seasons Turn (on view at Victoria Miro from 13 April to 15 May 2021), featured a suite of 28 watercolour and oil collaged works on paper that incorporate fragments of the score of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, and an environment of enveloping blue paintings whose rich bands of colour are layered with the artist’s thoughts, feelings and responses to the past twelve months. A major survey exhibition Idris Khan: A World Within was held at The New Art Gallery Walsall in February 2017, with solo presentations of the artist’s work previously staged at national and international institutional venues including the British Museum, London, UK (2018); Whitworth Gallery, University of Manchester (2016–2017 and 2012); Sadler’s Wells, London (2011); Gothenburg Konsthall, Sweden (2011); Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto (2010); Kunsthaus Murz, Mürzzuschlag, Austria (2010) and K20, Düsseldorf (2008). His work has also been included in group shows at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (2020); Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany (2020); Royal Academy, London (2019, 2018); The Whitworth, Manchester (2019); Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge (2018); New Art Gallery Walsall, UK (2017); Saatchi Gallery, London (2017); Musée de L'Elysée, Lausanne (2016); National Gallery of Art, Washington (2015); Bass Museum of Art, Miami (2014–2015); Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2014); Jeu de Paume, Paris (2013); Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, Florida (2013); The British Museum, London (2012); National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo (2012); Fundament Foundation, Tilburg (2011); Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York (2010); and Martin-Gropius Bau, Berlin (2009).
A major public sculpture for London by Khan, commissioned by St George’s Plc with London Borough of Southwark as part of the development of One Blackfriars, was unveiled in autumn 2019 In 2016, Khan was commissioned to make a permanent public monument, forming the centrepiece of the new Memorial Park in Abu Dhabi, which was unveiled on the UAE Commemoration Day. In 2017, it received an American Architecture Prize, a World Architecture News Award and a German Design Award. Further commissions include a wall drawing commissioned by the British Museum in 2012 for its exhibition Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam. In addition, for the duration of the exhibition, Khan’s monumental floor installation, Seven Times, was installed in the museum’s Great Court. Also in 2012, The New York Times Magazine commissioned Khan to create a new body of work for its London issue. Focusing on the capital’s most iconic buildings and structures, Khan’s image of the London Eye featured on the cover.
The first career survey exhibition of the last 20 years of work by the artist in the United States, Repeat After Me, opens at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin, on 5 April 2024.
In Focus – Idris Khan: The Seasons Turn
Conceived of as two distinct installations, each a reflection on aspects of the past year, The Seasons Turn includes a suite of 28 watercolour and oil collaged works on paper that incorporate fragments of the score of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, and an environment of enveloping blue paintings whose rich bands of colour are layered with the artist’s thoughts, feelings and responses to the past twelve months.
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Interview
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July 31 2024
Idris Khan is interviewed by BOMB Magazine
The artist reflects on themes that unite the works in his first US solo museum exhibition, on view at Milwaukee Art Museum until 11 August 2024. -
Review
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May 29 2024
Idris Khan: Repeat After Me is reviewed by The Brooklyn Rail
‘There’s a meditative atmosphere enveloping the assembled works.’ – Tom McGlynn Tom McGlynn, The Brooklyn Rail -
Interview
Posted
April 26 2024
Idris Khan talks to The New York Times for its Museums special section
‘People question if they're looking at a drawing or a painting or a photograph, and I like that kind of deception… It's a thread that goes through the exhibition.’ The artist discusses his first solo US museum exhibition, on view at Milwaukee Art Museum until 11 August 2024. Ted Loos, The New York Times -
Exhibition
Posted
April 5 2024
Idris Khan: Repeat After Me at the Milwaukee Art Museum
The exhibition (5 April–11 August 2024) chronicles the development of the artist’s practice across more than two decades, from early monochromatic photographic works that capture the flow of time in still images, to a new series of abstract watercolor compositions that encapsulate the essence of iconic paintings of the 16th–18th centuries through their use of colour. Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin -
Exhibition
Posted
February 21 2024
María Berrío, Idris Khan, John Kørner and Tal R create new works for From the Ashes
Organised by Migrate Art, this fundraising exhibition (21–25 February 2024) and auction supports the Xingu Indigenous communities of the Amazon Rainforest. All works have been created using ink, pigment, and pastels manufactured from ash and charcoal gathered from the Amazon Rainforest fires. Truman Brewery, London -
Review
Posted
October 4 2023
Idris Khan and Annie Morris speak to the Evening Standard
Idris Khan and Annie Morris speak to Nancy Durrant from the Evening Standard about exhibition When Loss Makes Melodies, on view at Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery until 7 January 2024. Nancy Durrant, Evening Standard -
Exhibition
Posted
September 28 2023
Idris Khan & Annie Morris: When Loss Makes Melodies at Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
On view from 4 October 2023, a two-person exhibition engaging in a poignant dialogue with the Manor's neo-classical architecture, designed by Sir John Soane. Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery -
Review
Posted
February 23 2023
The World of Interiors reviews Two Worlds Entwined: Annie Morris and Idris Khan
Donna Salek looks at the exhibition on view at Newlands House until 4 June 2023 Donna Salek, The World of Interiors -
Exhibition
Posted
February 9 2023
Now extended – Two Worlds Entwined: Annie Morris and Idris Khan at Newlands House
The exhibition (now on view until 4 June 2023), featuring the artist couple’s work side by side for the first time in the UK, explores the artistic practices of Morris and Khan within the historic and intimate setting of Newlands House gallery. Newlands House Gallery, Petworth, West Sussex -
Exhibition
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January 23 2023
Just opened: Islamic Arts Biennale 2023, featuring Idris Khan
In its inaugural edition (23 January–23 April 2023) the Islamic Arts Biennale brings together centuries of faith and artistic expression. Hajj Terminal West, King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah -
Exhibition
Posted
January 10 2023
Chantal Joffe, Idris Khan and Conrad Shawcross create works for Cure Parkinson’s exhibition
Works by Chantal Joffe, Idris Khan and Conrad Shawcross are included in an exhibition to raise funds for the charity Cure Parkinson’s. Curated by Artwise and presented in partnership with Bonhams. -
Exhibition
Posted
July 1 2022
Idris Khan at Château La Coste
Unveiled in the Richard Rogers Drawing Gallery, Idris Khan's exhibition (1 July–September 2022) brings together 24 new watercolours and three large paintings. Château La Coste, Provence -
News story
Posted
June 22 2022
FAD Magazine reports on Idris Khan at Château La Coste
This Summer Château La Coste will be exhibiting the first solo exhibitions in France by British artists Mary McCartney, Idris Khan and Annie Morris (opening 1 July 2022). Chateau La Coste, Provence -
Edition
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March 21 2022
I Thought We Had More Time..., a ten-day timed edition by Idris Khan to raise funds for Ukrainian humanitarian causes
100% of profits will be donated to Disasters Emergency Committee, via the Evening Standard's Ukraine Appeal. -
Review
Posted
May 24 2021
Frieze reviews Idris Khan’s recent exhibition The Seasons Turn
’The artist uses abstractions to expose our fragile yet resilient nature in relation to the pandemic’ Natalie Nzeyimana, Frieze -
Publications
May 18 2021
Idris Khan: The Seasons Turn
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Publication
Posted
May 10 2021
Now available: Idris Khan The Season’s Turn – an artist’s book
This beautifully designed artist's book, with a cloth-bound double cover, concertinas to reveal Idris Khan's work The Seasons Turn, with spring and summer on one side, and autumn and winter on the other. With E. E. Cummings's poem "1(a" and a short accompanying text. -
Interview
Posted
April 20 2021
Apollo: In the studio with… Idris Khan
'I find that different types of music help me and inform the paintings at certain parts of the day.' Apollo -
Gallery Exhibition
13 April - 15 May 2021
Idris Khan: The Seasons Turn
Victoria Miro is delighted to announce an exhibition of new works by Idris Khan. Conceived of as two distinct installations, each a reflection on aspects of the past year, The Seasons Turn includes a suite of 28 watercolour and oil collaged works on paper that incorporate fragments of the score of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, and an environment of enveloping blue paintings whose rich bands of colour are layered with the artist’s thoughts, feelings and responses to the past year. Victoria Miro Gallery I -
Channel
April 13 2021
Idris Khan: The Seasons Turn
Conceived of as two distinct installations, each a reflection on aspects of the past year, The Seasons Turn included a suite of 28 watercolour and oil collaged works on paper that incorporate fragments of the score of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, and an environment of enveloping blue paintings whose rich bands of colour are layered with the artist’s thoughts, feelings and responses to the past twelve months. -
News story
Posted
April 12 2021
Listen to Idris Khan on How to be an artist
Idris Khan joins Kate Bryan on How to be an artist, the new podcast by Soho House. -
Interview
Posted
April 2 2021
Idris Khan on BBC Front Row: The Blue Edition
This edition of Front Row is a blue odyssey led by John Wilson as he talks to, among others, Idris Khan, who discusses his work in the current VM exhibition The Sky was Blue the Sea was Blue and the Boy was Blue and his upcoming solo exhibition at the gallery, The Seasons Turn. BBC Front Row -
Gallery Exhibition
24 February - 30 April 2021
The Sky was Blue the Sea was Blue and the Boy was Blue
An exhibition of work by 19 artists celebrating the colour blue, available online and on Vortic as part of The London Collective. Victoria Miro on Vortic -
News story
Posted
February 3 2021
House & Garden take a look inside Idris Khan’s London studio
Emily Tobin visits Idris Khan in his London studio ahead of his forthcoming exhibition at Victoria Miro. Emily Tobin, House & Garden -
News story
Posted
February 13 2020
Wallpaper* selects Victoria Miro’s Idris Khan presentation as one of its Frieze LA highlights
'…it’s his suite of Large Rhythm Paintings, based on sheet music, that has us completely entranced…' Wallpaper* -
Art fair
Posted
February 10 2020
Victoria Miro participates in Frieze LA with a solo presentation by Idris Khan
A solo booth of new paintings, sculptures and works on paper by Idris Khan, who will be present at the fair with the gallery. Booth B11, Paramount Pictures Studios -
Interview
Posted
February 7 2020
Idris Khan is profiled in the Financial Times ahead of his solo presentation with Victoria Miro at Frieze LA
'Their intensity casts a spell over the space, as if Mark Rothko had found inspiration in a Renaissance Madonna.' – Rachel Spence Rachel Spence, The Financial Times -
Exhibition
Posted
February 7 2020
Idris Khan creates a unique work for Fine Cell Work’s Human Touch exhibition and sale
This exhibition (Sotheby's, London, 26 February-3 March 2020; bidding from 12 February 2020) and sale of works a ground-breaking collaboration between international contemporary artists and stitchers working in prisons, trained by the leading charity and social enterprise Fine Cell Work. Sotheby's, London -
Exhibition
Posted
February 5 2020
Coming soon – Time Present: Photography from the Deutsche Bank Collection, featuring Idris Khan
The exhibition (21 March 2020–8 February 2021) presents a broad spectrum of international photography collected by Deutsche Bank over the course of four decades. Palais Populaire, Berlin -
Commission
Posted
November 21 2019
Idris Khan’s public sculpture 65,0000 Photographs is officially unveiled at One Blackfriars
For this towering sculpture and major public work, Khan has drawn from his personal archive of images from the past six years – some 65,000 images. Using this number of photographs, he has created a monumental column for One Blackfriars. The sculpture represents the volume of photography in the modern age and draws attention to the almost forgotten art of photographic printing, in our ever more digitised world. One Blackfriars, London -
Interview
Posted
November 18 2019
Idris Khan talks to the British Journal of Photography as his new public sculpture, 65,000 Photographs, goes on view in London
Khan’s eight-metre-tall public sculpture in London represents every image the British artist has taken over the past five years: 'It is about using the physicality of a photograph to show time' Marigold Warner, British Journal of Photography -
Interview
Posted
November 11 2019
Idris Khan talks to Robert Elms for Listed Londoner
The artist talks to Robert Elms as a new sculpture at One Blackfriars is unveiled. Robert Elms, BBC Radio London -
Interview
Posted
November 4 2019
Idris Khan talks to Wallpaper* about 65,0000 Photographs, a new public sculpture for London
65,000 Photographs distills Khan’s photographed life into a physical column… this is an immensely personal project for Khan. Elly Parsons, Wallpaper* -
Publications
October 30 2019
Idris Khan: Words Beneath Words
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Gallery Exhibition
26 October - 14 December 2019
Idris Khan: Words Beneath Words
For this latest body of work, Khan uses wood blocks, stamping oil-based ink on to the surface of panes of glass to create images of intense power and presence. Victoria Miro Venice -
News story
Posted
August 7 2019
Chantal Joffe, Idris Khan, Grayson Perry and Conrad Shawcross donate works to Willow Foundation’s The Extraordinary Collection
Works are available to view at a public exhibition at Coutts, The Strand (23–27 September 2019) and will be sold on behalf of Willow, a national charity working with seriously ill 16–40 year olds, at a private auction at Coutts on 25 September 2019. -
Commission
Posted
May 3 2019
A major new public sculpture for London by Idris Khan
Commissioned by St George's Plc with London Borough of Southwark as part of the development of One Blackfriars, the work titled 65,000 Photographs will be installed at the new public plaza in October 2019 and is the artist's first permanent public artwork in the UK. One Blackfriars, London -
News story
Posted
January 3 2019
Works by Idris Khan feature in The New York Times Magazine
Two new works by Khan appear alongside an essay by novelist Rachel Cusk in this week's New York Times Magazine. The New York Times -
Review
Posted
October 17 2018
Press for Idris Khan: 21 Stones, the British Museum’s first site-specific artwork
The work forms part of the new Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic World (from 18 October 2018). -
Exhibition
Posted
October 16 2018
Idris Khan creates the British Museum’s first site-specific work as part of the new Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic World
Opening on 18 October 2018, the new gallery is a new exploration of the Islamic world through art and material culture. In response to the BM's Islamic world collection and building on the collection of contemporary works on paper, Khan has created 21 Stones, an installation of twenty one unique paintings, British Museum -
News story
Posted
October 4 2018
Idris Khan creates the first ever artwork for the Evening Standard’s Comment section
For the first time in its history, the Evening Standard has commissioned an artwork for its Comment section. Khan has responded with a work that addresses the question 'why art matters'. The Evening Standard -
Event
Posted
September 18 2018
Idris Khan talks about his work as part of Art Out Loud at Chatsworth
On Friday 21 September, Khan talks about his practice, exploring the influences and the creative process behind his work. Chatsworth House, Derbyshire -
News
Posted
September 10 2018
Idris Khan talks to The National about creating the award-winning UAE memorial Wahat Al Karama
'It was about a year-and-a-half before I could really feel myself getting back into the studio – not the ongoing work that you sort of know how to make, but fresh ideas. The project took a lot out of me.' Melissa Gronlund, The National -
Event
Posted
April 11 2018
A Wayne McGregor triple bill, featuring Kairos with set design by Idris Khan, at Nationaltheater, Munich
Performances by Munich's Bayerisches Staatsballett include Kairos, McGregor's reimagination of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, with set design by Idris Khan and score by Max Richter. Nationaltheater, Munich -
Exhibition
Posted
February 6 2018
Idris Khan creates a new work to mark the re-opening of Kettle’s Yard
The exhibition, titled Actions: The image of the world can be different (10 February - 6 May 2018), marks the opening of the new Kettle's Yard and seeks to reassert the potential of art as a poetic, social and political force in the world. Kettle's Yard, Cambridge -
Picture story
Posted
February 5 2018
Idris Khan creates photo illustrations for The New York Times Magazine’s Olympics issue
Khan's photo illustrations featured on the cover of the Olympics Issue of The New York Times Magazine, accompanying a piece by acclaimed Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard on the hidden drama of speedskating The New York Times -
Event
Posted
January 23 2018
Tate Britain Salon, featuring Idris Khan
Titled Refuge, Exile, Migration, this Salon talk (16 February 2018) is inspired by Tate Britain's current exhibition, Impressionists in London. Tate Britain -
News story
Posted
November 23 2017
Idris Khan receives his OBE for services to Art
The artist was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to Art in the Queen’s Birthday 2017 Honours List. He received his OBE from Prince Charles yesterday at an investiture at Buckingham Palace. -
Review
Posted
October 30 2017
Studio International reviews Idris Khan: Absorbing Light
'Reflections on the horrors of one of Syria’s most famous prisons have driven Idris Khan to new forms of expression, including bronze sculptures and abstract painting.' Veronica Simpson, Studio International -
News story
Posted
October 23 2017
Idris Khan, Conrad Shawcross and Grayson Perry are among the Evening Standard’s Progress 1000 celebration of London’s most influential people
The artists are featured among London's Top Visualisers: Artists & Curators. London Evening Standard -
Review
Posted
October 17 2017
The Evening Standard recommends Idris Khan: Absorbing Light in the London Art Gallery Guide
'The comprehensive new show features sculpture, paintings, a multi-part installation and works on paper, all exploring questions of perception, imprisonment, personal testimony, and aesthetic and metaphysical conundrums.' London Evening Standard Jessie Thompson -
News
Posted
October 11 2017
Idris Khan’s Monument and Pavilion of Honour for Wahat Al Karama, UAE’s Memorial Park, receives an American Architecture Prize
'This work exemplifies the power of fusion between art and architecture in a project that conveys purpose and emotion and creates a place of reflection, serenity and significance for its nation.' -
News story
Posted
October 11 2017
The National reports on Idris Khan’s receipt of a 2017 American Architecture Prize
'Completed last year, the centrepiece of Wahat Al Karama is a 90-metre long monument comprising 31 tablets which symbolise the support between the UAE’s military, the families of its servicemen and women and the country’s citizens in the face of adversity.' Nick Leech, The National -
News story
Posted
October 9 2017
Idris Khan and Isaac Julien donate works to Art For Grenfell
The auction (which took place on 16 October 2017) to raise money for those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire raised £1.9million in total. Sotheby's, London -
Interview
Posted
October 5 2017
Idris Khan interviewed in ES Magazine’s Art Issue
An OBE is just the latest accolade to be bestowed upon Idris Khan. Ahead of his forthcoming politically infused show Patricia Nicol meets the acclaimed artist. Patricia Nicol, ES Magazine -
Review
Posted
October 4 2017
Nick Compton writes about Idris Khan: Absorbing Light in Wallpaper*
'This is a dark, unsettling kind of minimalism, exercises in imagination rather than just formal experiments in mass and volume.' Nick Compton, Wallpaper* -
Gallery Exhibition
3 October - 20 December 2017
Idris Khan: Absorbing Light
The exhibition marks an important departure for Khan, who will show works in bronze for the first time along with an entirely abstract painting. Uniting aesthetic and metaphysical questions, Khan... Victoria Miro Gallery II -
News story
Posted
September 29 2017
Ben Luke selects Idris Khan and Tal R exhibitions for his Frieze Week highlights
Victoria Miro exhibitions are featured in the Evening Standard's guide to Frieze week. Ben Luke, The Evening Standard -
Exhibition
Posted
September 22 2017
Idris Khan in Legacies: JMW Turner and Contemporary Art Practice at The New Art Gallery Walsall
A major exhibition (22 September 2017 – 14 January 2018) considering the legacy of JMW Turner through the lens of contemporary art. The New Art Gallery Walsall -
News story
Posted
September 19 2017
Idris Khan speaks to Artsy about his new work for Make-A-Wish UK’s fundraising gala
The newly commissioned works are on display at the Serpentine Galleries on 1 October 2017 and are being sold to benefit the charity through an online auction. The culminating event, The Art of Wishes Fundraising Gala, takes place on 2 October at the Dorchester Hotel. Casey Lesser, Artsy
Previous exhibitions at Victoria Miro
Idris Khan: The Seasons Turn
Victoria Miro is delighted to announce an exhibition of new works by Idris Khan. Conceived of as two distinct installations, each a reflection on aspects of the past year, The Seasons Turn includes a suite of 28 watercolour and oil collaged works on paper that incorporate fragments of the score of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, and an environment of enveloping blue paintings whose rich bands of colour are layered with the artist’s thoughts, feelings and responses to the past year.
The Sky was Blue the Sea was Blue and the Boy was Blue
An exhibition of work by 19 artists celebrating the colour blue, available online and on Vortic as part of The London Collective.
Idris Khan: Words Beneath Words
For this latest body of work, Khan uses wood blocks, stamping oil-based ink on to the surface of panes of glass to create images of intense power and presence.
Idris Khan: Absorbing Light
The exhibition marks an important departure for Khan, who will show works in bronze for the first time along with an entirely abstract painting. Uniting aesthetic and metaphysical questions, Khan has often employed techniques of layering and repetition to realise...Idris Khan
Idris Khan
Idris Khan
Victoria Miro is delighted to announce an exhibition of new work by Idris Khan. Idris Khan's second solo show with the gallery, will consist of two major sculptural installations and a number of new photographic works that interlink seemingly disparate...The Collection
Victoria Miro collaborates with Siobhan Davies to present The Collection. For three weeks, performers and artists present specially commissioned dance and artworks at Victoria Miro Gallery in North London and Siobhan Davies Studios in South London.