birth_place training nationality field birth_date article_title name bgcolour
united kingdom university of derby ; royal college of art british artist 1978 idris khan
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idris khan

idris khan -lrb- born 1978 , birmingham , england -rrb- is an artist based in london .
khan 's work draws from a diverse range of cultural sources including literature , history , art , music and religion to create densely layered imagery that is both abstract and figurative and addresses narratives of history , cumulative experience and the metaphysical collapse of time into single moments .
