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Idris Khan — Every… Bernd and Hilla Becher Gable Sided House
Idris Khan

Every… Bernd and Hilla Becher Gable Sided House

A densely layered digital composition, this work overlaps every photograph from Bernd and Hilla Becher's iconic typological series of gable sided houses into a single, darkened image. Khan's process of superimposition reduces the individual structures into a ghostly, almost abstract form, where architectural details blur and dissolve into one another. The result is a meditation on repetition, memory, and the weight of accumulated imagery, transforming the Bechers' systematic documentary approach into something deeply atmospheric and expressive.

Medium
Digital chromogenic print, flush-mounted.

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November 18, 2014

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Idris Khan, Every… Bernd and Hilla Becher Gable Sided House

A densely layered digital composition, this work overlaps every photograph from Bernd and Hilla Becher's iconic typological series of gable sided houses into a single, darkened image. Khan's process of superimposition reduces the individual structures into a ghostly, almost abstract form, where architectural details blur and dissolve into one another. The result is a meditation on repetition, memory, and the weight of accumulated imagery, transforming the Bechers' systematic documentary approach into something deeply atmospheric and expressive.

Medium
Digital chromogenic print, flush-mounted.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Monochrome, Conceptual, Photograph, Analytical, British, Architecture, Contemporary

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