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Idris Khan — Every...Bernd And Hilla Becher Gable side Houses
Idris Khan

Every...Bernd And Hilla Becher Gable side Houses

2004

A haunting and layered photographic work, Idris Khan's piece superimposes every image from Bernd and Hilla Becher's iconic typological study of gable-sided houses into a single, densely compressed composition. The result is a ghostly, dark accumulation of architectural forms that simultaneously reveals and obscures the individual structures, collapsing time and repetition into one unified image. Khan pays homage to the Bechers' documentary legacy while transforming their systematic approach into something deeply atmospheric and meditative.

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Idris Khan, Every...Bernd And Hilla Becher Gable side Houses, 2004

A haunting and layered photographic work, Idris Khan's piece superimposes every image from Bernd and Hilla Becher's iconic typological study of gable-sided houses into a single, densely compressed composition. The result is a ghostly, dark accumulation of architectural forms that simultaneously reveals and obscures the individual structures, collapsing time and repetition into one unified image. Khan pays homage to the Bechers' documentary legacy while transforming their systematic approach into something deeply atmospheric and meditative.

Year
2004
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Architectural Subject, Archival Subject Matter, Minimalist Aesthetic, Male Artist, Conceptual Art, Typology Series, British Artist, Layered Photography, Contemporary Artist, Appropriation Art, Meditative Mood, Monochromatic, Layered Imagery, Black and White, Photography-based

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