Idris Khan

Idris Khan
OBE
Self Portrait in the studio, 2017
Born Idris Khan
01 December 1978
Birmingham
Residence London
Nationality British
Education University of Derby, RCA
Known for Fine art, Photography, Painting, drawing, sculpture
Spouse(s) Annie Morris
Awards American Architecture Award

Idris Khan OBE (born 1978) is a British artist[1] based in London.[2]

Khan's work draws from a diverse range of cultural sources including literature, history, art, music and religion to create densely layered imagery that is both abstract and figurative and addresses narratives of history, cumulative experience and the metaphysical collapse of time into single moments.

Life and career

Khan graduated from the University of Derby in 2001, he studied for an MA at the Royal College of Art in 2004.[3] He works from a studio in Stoke Newington, London he shares with his wife, the British artist Annie Morris.[4]

Khan's photographs or scans originate from secondary source material – for instance, every page of the Qur'an, every Beethoven sonata, every William Turner postcard from Tate Britain, or every Bernd and Hilla Becher spherical gasholder.[2][5] Khan's interest in Islam and layered imagery can be traced back to his upbringing. Khan is a Muslim by origin. His father is from Pakistan.[6] His mother converted to Islam after meeting his father. It was his father's idea that Khan – himself a non-practicing Muslim – photograph every page of the Qur'an.[7][8] His work and process have been described as "experiments in compressed memories"[9] and "all-encompassing composites."[10] As Khan describes: "It is a challenge to not define my work as a photograph but using the medium of photography to create something that exists on the surface of the paper and not to be transported back to an isolated moment in time."[10]

Khan's visual layering also occurs in his videos, such as Last Three Piano Sonatas…after Franz Schubert, a three-channel video installation wherein he uses multiple camera angles to capture numerous performances of Schubert's last sonatas, composed on his deathbed.[11]

In 2012, Khan was commissioned by the British Museum in London to create a new wall drawing for the exhibition, Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam. In addition to the wall drawing, a sculpture was installed in the museum’s Great Court.[12] Also in 2012, The New York Times Magazine commissioned Khan to create a new body of work that was published in their London issue,[13] focusing on iconic sites.[14]

Khan was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to art.[15]

Selected exhibitions

Collections

Khan's work is held in the following permanent collections:

References

  1. ↑ O'Hagan, Sean (14 June 2015). "Gasworks wonders…". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Biography, Victoria Miro Gallery
  3. 1 2 www.iniva.org Idris Khan
  4. ↑ "Idris Khan on his politically infused Frieze show and how he 'fell into art'". ES Magazine, London Evening Standard. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  5. ↑ Dan Hicks and Mary C. Beaudry 2006 Archived 8 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.. Introduction: the place of historical archaeology. In Dan Hicks and Mary C. Beaudry (eds) The Cambridge Companion to Historical Archaeology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 8–9 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  6. ↑ "Idris Khan: Gof is Great". artnet. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "The Guardian, Between the lines, Geoff Dyer".
  8. ↑ "Aesthetica, A Pilgrimage of Self-Discovery, Idris Khan: The Devil's Wall, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, Carol Huston".
  9. ↑ Sherwin, Skye (25 March 2010). "Artist of the week 80: Idris Khan". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  10. 1 2 "AIdris Khan's multi-layered photos, Photo Slaves, Sep 28, 2009". Archived from the original on 4 July 2013.
  11. ↑ "Idris Khan: Last 3 Piano Sonatas . . . after Franz Schubert". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
  12. ↑ "Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam at The British Museum".
  13. ↑ "This Sunday: London in Pictures, The 6th Floor Blog, Kathy Ryan, March 3, 2012]". The New York Times. 3 March 2012.
  14. ↑ "Pretty as a Thousand Postcards, The New York Times Magazine online, March 1, 2012]". 1 March 2012.
  15. ↑ "No. 61962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2017. p. B12.
  16. ↑ "Still Revolution: Suspended in Time". Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  17. ↑ http://www.elysee.ch/en/exhibitions-and-events/expositions/the-memory-of-the-future/
  18. ↑ Saatchi Gallery Biography: Idris Khan
  19. ↑ "Idris Khan, Homage to Bernd Becher". Guggenheim Museum. 2 February 2007. Retrieved 1 November 2017. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Purchased with funds contributed by the Photography Committee, 2007
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