Quotes by Idris Khan - Page 1

Don't be put off by someone telling you that your image looks too digital; maybe that's the way it's supposed to look.
Idris Khan /
Digital
Looks
Way
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I'm not a political artist in any way, but if an idea takes me somewhere or something is emotionally impactful, I find a way to make a painting that encapsulates it.
Idris Khan /
Artist
Ideas
Political
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Recently, I can't seem to take a straight photograph without thinking that what I am photographing won't be the final image - like the world in front of me is not good enough or something.
Idris Khan /
Finals
Not Good Enough
Thinking
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The photograph is a tool used to take you back to a certain point in one's life, to remember a face or a place you once stood. I feel there is always something quite melancholic about a photograph.
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Faces
Remember
Tools
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I always wanted to make an abstract photograph. I would photograph walls, sports interiors, marks on the walls people made. Even looking back it makes so much sense. It's like it was a fight against the photograph.
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Sports
Fighting
Wall
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A lot of people in the art world hate to use the word "Photoshop", like it's cheating or easy or something. I say bollocks to that - for me, it's my tool, my paintbrush if you like, and lets me create my own visual language.
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Art
Cheating
Hate
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It is hard to avoid the aspect of time when producing what ones sees as a photograph.... my images [are] something that is not a frozen moment, but an image made up of many moments and that is created over time rather than taken.
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Frozen
Moments
Taken
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