every…Bernd and Hilla Becher Gable Sided Houses, 2004, the work offered here, is an exceptional example of Idris Khan’s digitally layered composite photographs of known cultural subjects for which he first gained wide acclaim. Drawing inspiration from master photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher and their pursuit to create typologies of industrial-era structures, such as water towers and gas holders, Khan reimagines the series through a seemingly contrasting process of superimposing and condensing, resulting in entirely new works. The present image was created by scanning every Becher photograph of a Gable Sided Houses taken through the years and then digitally layering them.
2004 Chromogenic print. 60 x 50 cm (23 5/8 x 19 5/8 in.) Signed, titled, dated and numbered 5/10 in ink on a gallery label on the reverse of the frame.
