The work of Idris Khan had been mentioned to me before by artist Hew Locke but it wasn’t until my trip to the Whitworth Gallery in Manchester that I have been able to see it in the flesh. Khan draws inspiration from history philosophy and theology, layering and manipulating images and texts to produce single outcomes. His layered ink stamp pieces span whole walls, with hundreds of individually stamped lines of text in several languages repeated over and over to create one shape that gives the impression of being on the borderline between two and three dimensions. He has also created similar pieces on sheets of glass that help to give this 3D appearance with the addition of shadows from the letters on the wall behind the work. This work is extremely relevant as I am in the process of trying to refine some layered text prints to then develop on a larger scale with the hope that it can create something as coherent as these stamp works.
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AuthorThird Year BA Hons Fine Art student studying at Falmouth University Archives
April 2017
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