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Hand lithograph on Somerset Satin paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by Khan. Published by Eros Press London.

Idris Khan’s Death of Painting (2014) is a hand lithograph on Somerset Satin paper that explores density, repetition, and the limits of visual perception. The surface appears almost entirely black, yet closer observation reveals layered textures, ghostly traces, and subtle tonal variations that emerge from accumulated marks. Rather than depicting an image, Khan builds a field of compressed gestures, evoking the idea of painting reduced to its essential residue. Published by Eros Press London in a small edition, the work reflects his conceptual approach, where absence, memory, and erasure become central visual themes.

Idris Khan (United Kingdom, 1978) creates layered photographs, prints, and paintings that merge literature, music, and history into dense visual fields. Known for digitally superimposing texts, musical scores, and archival images, his work explores memory, time, and authorship, producing rhythmic, almost abstract compositions with conceptual depth.

Idris Khan

Death of Painting, 2014

Name: Death of Painting, 2014
SKU: 16850
Price: 3000.00 GBP
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Limited Edition Print

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Lithograph

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Edition of 20

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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.

— Idris Khan

Idris Khan (b. 1978 UK) is a British artist based in London, known for his layered visual language that merges photography, painting, and digital processes. Khan builds dense compositions by superimposing multiple images, texts, or musical scores into a single surface, creating works that explore memory, time, and authorship. His practice often references canonical figures from art, literature, and music, reinterpreting them through repetition and compression. The resulting images balance abstraction and legibility, inviting viewers to navigate between clarity and obscurity. Influenced by minimalism and conceptual art, Khan’s work reflects on how meaning accumulates and dissolves through reproduction. His large-scale pieces have been exhibited internationally, situating him within a contemporary discourse that examines the persistence of cultural history in the digital age.

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Idris Khan

Death of Painting, 2014

52 x 52 cm

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