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Idris Khan — every... page of Susan Sontag's Book 'On Photography'
Idris Khan

every... page of Susan Sontag's Book 'On Photography'

A dense, layered photographic work in which Khan has digitally superimposed every page of Susan Sontag's seminal text *On Photography* into a single image, creating a dark, almost illegible accumulation of type. The result is a haunting chromogenic print that transforms the written word into an abstract visual mass, simultaneously evoking the weight and totality of Sontag's ideas. The flush-mounted format enhances the work's sleek, monolithic presence, inviting viewers to contemplate the tension between legibility and obscurity, knowledge and its limits.

Medium
Chromogenic print, flush-mounted.

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October 4, 2018

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Idris Khan, every... page of Susan Sontag's Book 'On Photography'

A dense, layered photographic work in which Khan has digitally superimposed every page of Susan Sontag's seminal text *On Photography* into a single image, creating a dark, almost illegible accumulation of type. The result is a haunting chromogenic print that transforms the written word into an abstract visual mass, simultaneously evoking the weight and totality of Sontag's ideas. The flush-mounted format enhances the work's sleek, monolithic presence, inviting viewers to contemplate the tension between legibility and obscurity, knowledge and its limits.

Medium
Chromogenic print, flush-mounted.
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Conceptual Photography, Contemplative Mood, Layered Composition, Male Artist, Archival Source Material, British Artist, Contemporary Artist, Appropriation Art, Chromogenic Print, Early 2000s, Monochromatic Palette, Text And Image

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