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Idris Khan @ Victoria Miro

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May 6, 2015

2-TIMES · Art
— Idris Khan:
Conflicting Lines

 

Born:
Birmingham, UK.

Lives:
London, UK.

Proficiencies:
Painting &
photography.

Techniques:
Layering,
repetition &
superimposition.

Process:
Overlaying
lines of writing
repeatedly
painted onto
a minimal
ground, until
the language
becomes
obscured.

Conflicting Lines:
Khan's words
are a response
to the barrage
of media images
of conflict that
are 'un-escapable'
in today's world.

Philosophical 
influence:
Roland Barthes'
theory of the
'punctum'.

Also featured:
Khan's 'Church
Walk Studio'
series.

On view at:
Victoria Miro, 
Mayfair.

Closes:
June 6, 2015.