Idris Khan

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by the current owner through Victoria Miro Gallery, 2010.

Notes

"Whilst Khan's mindset is more painterly than photographic, he often employs the tools of photomechanical reproduction to create his work. Photographing or scanning from secondary source material - sheet music, pages from the Qur'an, reproductions of late Caravaggio paintings - he then builds up the layers of scans digitally, which allows him to meticulously control minute variances in contrast, brightness and opacity. The resultant images are often large-scale C-prints with surfaces that have a remarkable optical intensity."¹