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Archival Inkjet with Varnish Screenprint overlay, Collage. Hand signed and numbered by the artist.

This evocative work by Idris Khan layers archival inkjet printing with varnish screenprint overlay and collage in his characteristic approach to language, memory, and accumulated meaning. Dense, overlapping passages of text dissolve into a rich, atmospheric surface where legibility gives way to pure visual texture — a meditation on the weight of words and the impossibility of grasping them all at once. Influenced by Sufi poetry and the repetitive structures of music, Khan’s practice transforms printed language into a form of visual contemplation. Hand-signed and numbered from an edition of one hundred.

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

Long Live Love, 2020

Name: Long Live Love, 2020
SKU: 17358
Price: 2500.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

Form

Limited Edition Print

Limited Edition PrintA limited edition print is one of a number of prints made at the same time from one printmaking plate. A fixed number are made and signed by the artist, indicating the printing order, using the format 1/10, meaning first of ten prints.

Medium

Collage

CollageCollage is a production art technique commonly used in visual arts where a new artwork is created by assembling various materials. These materials can include ribbons, newspaper and magazine clippings, pieces of handmade or colored paper, photographs, text fragments, and other objects, all combined to form a cohesive whole.

Edition

Edition of 100

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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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Minimalism is a style in music and visual arts characterized by pared-down designs and simplicity. It began in Western art after World War II, gaining prominence particularly in American visual arts. Minimalism draws heavily on aspects of modernism and is often viewed as a reaction against Abstract Expressionism, as well as a precursor to post-minimal art practices. Prominent minimalist artists include Agnes Martin, Donald Judd, Robert Morris, Frank Stella, and Dan Flavin.

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Idris Khan

Long Live Love, 2020

30 x 21 cm

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