Idris Khan – Tower Bridge, London, 2012
Idris Khan draws on diverse cultural sources including literature, history, art, music and religion. While his mindset is more painterly than photographic, he often employs the tools of photomechanical reproduction to create his work, photographing or scanning from secondary source material. He then builds up the layers of scans digitally, which allows him to meticulously control minute variances in contrast, brightness and opacity. The resultant images are often large-scale C-prints with surfaces that have a remarkable optical intensity
Photograph: Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro
