IDRIS KHAN SCULPTURE by Simon Trahar https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN en-us 2022-01-11 15:34:23 UTC 2026-02-16 20:15:47 UTC hello@padlet.com strahar https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986335594 2022-01-11 15:42:32 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986335594 65000 photographs strahar https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986337049 2022-01-11 15:43:08 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986337049 PERSONAL HISTORY strahar https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986337489 2022-01-11 15:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986337489 MATERIALS+ PROCESS strahar https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986338163 2022-01-11 15:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986338163 QUOTES strahar https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986338781 2022-01-11 15:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986338781 INTERPRETATION+ LINKS TO OTHER WORK strahar https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986339266 2022-01-11 15:44:04 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986339266 https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986344757 “There is this idea that cameras have replaced our eyes; we want to photograph everything before we even see it. We are all guilty of it”]]> 2022-01-11 15:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986344757 https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986345038 MADE IN LONDON]]> 2022-01-11 15:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986345038 “It is about using the physicality of a photograph to show time” https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986345161 2022-01-11 15:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986345161 materials https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986345550 a building]]> 2022-01-11 15:46:38 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986345550 https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986345619 In an interview, Khan talked about his incredible use of storage for his photographs. He was inspired by the amount of images society takes, even as individuals we take a large amunt. This sculpture compresses 65,000 photographs into one piece of art to reflect this.]]> 2022-01-11 15:46:40 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986345619 https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986346393 Khan wanted to create a sculpture that considers our obsession with mass-image-making, and which attempts to capture, if possible, an entire length or period of time in physical form.]]> 2022-01-11 15:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986346393 “That time has gone, but this, in some ways, is what’s left of it.” https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986347483 2022-01-11 15:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986347483 “It’s quite a moving thing to think that this was five years of my life,” https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986348077 2022-01-11 15:47:33 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986348077 https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986348303 “It’s quite a moving thing to think that this was five years of my life,”]]> 2022-01-11 15:47:39 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986348303 eight metre tall aluminium statue https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986348330 2022-01-11 15:47:40 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986348330 https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986348654 methodist hospital

]]> 2022-01-11 15:47:48 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986348654 https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986349229 "There was always a sort of flatness I wanted to rebel against"

]]> 2022-01-11 15:47:59 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986349229 https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986349899 2022-01-11 15:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986349899 https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986350179 write something fantastic

]]> 2022-01-11 15:48:21 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986350179 https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986350250 Commissioned by the London Borough of Southwark as part of the One Blackfriars Public Art Programme]]> 2022-01-11 15:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986350250 https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986350578 “I’m not there to say how many pictures you should take, but in some ways, I think it’s about the ownership we have over certain things. That comes first before the experience”]]> 2022-01-11 15:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986350578 “It almost feels like the rings of a tree,” https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986351064 2022-01-11 15:48:44 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986351064 “Photography was a way into being creative,” https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986352988 2022-01-11 15:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986352988 https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986353091  The abstract, eight-meter high column is formed of several blocks, which are stacked on top of each other growing in size towards the top; their dimensions representing the standard sizes of photographic prints]]> 2022-01-11 15:49:29 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986353091 https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986353110 there are plants and trees surrounding the building.]]> 2022-01-11 15:49:29 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986353110 Materials https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986354579 Aluminium]]> 2022-01-11 15:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986354579 “It has always been about trying to change the photographic practice into something that looked like painting or drawing,” https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986354995 2022-01-11 15:50:16 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986354995 https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986355792 Standing just around the corner from Tate Modern, it is Khan’s first public sculpture in the UK, and he hopes it will trigger passersby to take a moment to reflect on their own time. ]]> 2022-01-11 15:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986355792 The sculpture is in the shape of an exclamation mark, tapering outwards in defined blocks the taller it gets (each block references a standard photographic print size). https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986356618 2022-01-11 15:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986356618 https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986357118 might feel intimidated stood next to it]]> 2022-01-11 15:51:08 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986357118 A Quartet For The End of Time https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986357574 a piece inspired by Olivier Messiaen who was a jew living in a concentration camp during WW11. A violent act of sand blasting leaves behind a delicate mark and reminds us of how Messiaen created this music by scratching the rusted steel wall of his camp.
​]]> 2022-01-11 15:51:18 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986357574 == https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986358829 2022-01-11 15:51:44 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986358829 a https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986359123 2022-01-11 15:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986359123 https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986359716 The sculpture represents the volume of photography in the modern age and draws attention to the almost forgotten art of photographic printing, in our ever more digitised world.]]> 2022-01-11 15:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/KHAN/wish/1986359716