"Dark, shimmering shapes set against a dark, looming background, they seem indeterminate, secretive, protean, appearing to shift and warp before your eyes, never staying still: the swirling forms now gauzy and translucent, now thickly glistening; now expanding outwards, now collapsing inwards upon themselves. Stare at them, try to fix them in place, and, like a black hole sucking in light, your gaze becomes lost, led astray, spellbound by their roiling voids."
Gabriel Coxhead, The World of Words in Exhibition Catalogue, Idris Khan: Beyond Black, Victoria Miro Gallery, 2013