Khan’s work has often alluded to the excessive proliferation of information in the technical age, whilst simultaneously advocating for a slower, more considered way of looking. Forced to slow down during this period of lockdown, in these works he reflects on his own increased awareness of the changing rhythms and colours of the natural world. As he says, ‘I’ve never lived in the country. I’ve always found myself living in cities or suburban towns and never really witnessed the vivid changes and colours of the seasons. I feel we’ve all had more time to reflect on these changes and be more aware of them, and thinking back now, being there I was almost turning my back to what was happening in the outside world and making mental notes of the colours I was seeing every day… From blossom pinks, blues and yellows of spring, to the rich reds, greens and oranges of summer, the warm brown, burnt umber tones of autumn to the cold, black, dark greens of winter, I want the visitors in the gallery to walk around a year of the colours that were in my mind, and when they look more intensely, to see that the marks and nuances on the surface express the tension and anxieties that depict the emotions and turbulence of the past year.’
Victoria Miro
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