Making a Mark: Idris Khan

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    Idris Khan

    Idris Khan: The internationally renowned contemporary artist on the music, colours, and abstract qualities of language that informs his work

    This episode of Making a Mark focusses on an unexplored element of artist Idris Khan’s (b. 1978) practice; his developments in printmaking, a medium that now sits alongside his photography, installation and painting.

    We meet Khan in his London studio, where amongst his works in progress and shelves of hundreds of letter stamps, he is finishing his newest series of prints, After the reflection, 2025. Khan discusses music, colour harmony and the abstract qualities of language that inform his work, including the recent use of advanced software to create editions layered with bands of colour, musical scores and text. 

    Contributors include writer Craig Burnett; senior director David Cleaton-Roberts; and writer and curator, Hammad Nasar. Presented by writer and critic, Charlotte Mullins.

    Recorded in summer 2025.

    Discussed artworks

    <p>Idris Khan; <em>Tower Bridge, London</em><span>, 2015.</span></p>
    <p>Idris Khan; <em>St. Paul's, London</em><span>, 2015.</span></p>
    <p>Idris Khan; <em>The Houses of Parliament, London</em><span>, 2015.</span></p>
    <p>Idris Khan; <em>Buckingham Palace, London</em><span>, 2015.</span></p>
    <p>Idris Khan; <em>London Eye, London</em><span>, 2015.</span></p>
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    Idris Khan studio, 2025 © Idris Khan. Photo: Darrell Tuffs

    © Idris Khan. Photo Theo Christelis, 2021

    Detail of Listen without motive, 2022
    <p>Idris Khan; <em>I hear. I think I hear</em><span>, 2020</span></p>
    <p>Idris khan; <em>I hummed a short blue</em><span>, 2020</span></p>
    <p>Idris Khan; <em>Silent Song</em><span>, 2020</span></p>
    <p>Idris Khan; <em>Nobody is ever missing</em><span>, 2020</span></p>
    <p>Idris Khan; <em>Incredible Panic Rules</em><span>, 2020</span></p>
    <p>Idris Khan; <em>Wounds to time, from all other times</em><span>, 2020</span></p>
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    Idris Khan; A quiet mind finds what is true / Listen without motive, 2022

    Idris Khan; The Four Seasons, 2024

    The Four Seasons in production at Atelier JL London, 2024. Courtesy Cristea Roberts Gallery, London. Photo: Darrell Tuffs

    Four Seasons IX, 2024 in a portfolio box. Courtesy artist and Cristea Roberts Gallery, London

    Idris Khan; After the setting sun, 2025
    <span class="artist"><strong>Idris Khan</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>After the reflection (Azure Blue)</em>, 2025</span>
    <span class="artist"><strong>Idris Khan</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>After the reflection (Pale Violet)</em>, 2025</span>
    <span class="artist"><strong>Idris Khan</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>After the reflection (Viridian Light)</em>, 2025</span>
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    Portrait of Idris Khan working in his studio. Courtesy artist and Cristea Roberts Gallery. Photo: Theo Christelis.

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