Beyond the Black

An exhibition by Idris Khan, at Victoria Miro - ended now; see better pix on the website. Khan has taken the accumulative stamping of black-ink words into patterns onto slate-like backgrounds, onto black paper, and onto a wall in the upstairs room of the gallery -

Sometimes the reflections in the glass covering the work adds an unexpected dimension - as in the lilac tinges -

 and the green glow around a small work on the opposite wall -

You are looking at the looking at of the looking at ...

A close-up of the wall drawing, showing the ends of Khan's meaningful phrases. How many thousand movements from inkpad to wall to inkpad to wall must it take -

Page through the online catalogue here.