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Idris Khan, Seven Times, 2010, Sandblasted oil-sealed blue steel cubes, dimensions variable. Courtesy the Artist and Victoria Miro, London. © Idris Khan
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Idris Khan, Autonomy, 2016, 3 stamped glass sheets, aluminium, black ink 156x140x18cm. Courtesy the Artist and Victoria Miro, London. (c) Idris Khan
Exhibition
Idris Khan: A World Within
3 Feb 2017 – 7 May 2017
Event times
Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sundays 12noon-4pm. Closed Mondays and Bank Holidays.
Cost of entry
Free admission
Address
- Gallery Square
- Walsall, WS2 8LG
- Walsall
- WS2 8LG
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Walsall
The exhibition will bring together significant bodies of work drawing on a range of interests including classical music, the history of art, literature, philosophy and religion.
About
Whether working with photography, painting, sculpture, moving image or installation, Khan employs a continual process of creation and erasure, adding layers upon layers, concealing and revealing to explore ideas around time, memory, creativity and spirituality.
This exhibition is particularly special for both the artist and the Gallery as Khan grew up in Walsall. The earliest work White Court (2001) is a photograph of a squash court wall, taken at his former primary school where his late mother used to play. This image demonstrates Khan's first fascination with photography's inherent relationship to painting. Two new layered glass paintings will be included in the exhibition, as well as a sculpture seen for the first time in the UK.
This exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated publication with an essay by Oliver Basciano. It is designed by Herman Lelie in close collaboration with the artist.
