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Idris Khan

Idris Khan Biography

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Idris Khan is an individual born in 1978, whose profession and category remain unknown. Detailed information about him is limited.

Idris Khan is an individual born in 1978, whose profession and category remain unknown. Detailed information about him is limited.

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“I'm not a political artist in any way, but if an idea takes me somewhere or something is emotionally impactful, I find a way to make a painting that encapsulates it.”

Ifs Way Ideas Political Artist Painting Take Me

Author:Idris Khan

“I always wanted to make an abstract photograph. I would photograph walls, sports interiors, marks on the walls people made. Even looking back it makes so much sense. It's like it was a fight against the photograph.”

People Made Wanted Fighting Sports Wall Mark Photograph Abstract Looking Back Interiors

Author:Idris Khan

“A lot of people in the art world hate to use the word "Photoshop", like it's cheating or easy or something. I say bollocks to that - for me, it's my tool, my paintbrush if you like, and lets me create my own visual language.”

People Ifs World Art Use Hate Language Easy My Own Tools Let Me Visuals Cheating Art World Photoshop Paintbrush

Author:Idris Khan

“Don't be put off by someone telling you that your image looks too digital; maybe that's the way it's supposed to look.”

Way Looks Digital

Author:Idris Khan

“The photograph is a tool used to take you back to a certain point in one's life, to remember a face or a place you once stood. I feel there is always something quite melancholic about a photograph.”

Feels Remember Faces Used Certain Tools Photograph

Author:Idris Khan

“It is hard to avoid the aspect of time when producing what ones sees as a photograph.... my images [are] something that is not a frozen moment, but an image made up of many moments and that is created over time rather than taken.”

Made Hard Moments Taken Aspect Photograph Frozen

Author:Idris Khan

“Recently, I can't seem to take a straight photograph without thinking that what I am photographing won't be the final image - like the world in front of me is not good enough or something.”

Thinking World I Can Enough Seems Fronts Finals Photograph Good Enough Not Good Enough

Author:Idris Khan

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Born: 1978
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Quotes: 7

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