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Seasons Turn: “Idris Khan: Repeat After Me” at Milwaukee Art Museum

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2 years ago

May 9, 2024

Seasons Turn: “Idris Khan: Repeat After Me” at Milwaukee Art Museum

Idris Khan, “every…William Turner Postcard from Tate Britain,” 2004, chromogenic print, 40″ × 50″/Photo: Idris Khan and Sean Kelly

Marking his first solo U.S. exhibition, Idris Khan’s “Repeat After Me” at the Milwaukee Art Museum is an impressive and expansive overview of the artist’s creative evolution thus far. Beginning with his early digital work in photography, video and sculpture, leading us into his more recent work in painting, and culminating in a new collection of watercolor works created specifically for the show, viewers are given a masterfully curated insight into the artist’s unique creative language. Khan’s work uses repetition as the main recurring motif regardless of medium, exploring themes such as time, memory and loss. Following a chronological timeline, each gallery is both an exciting departure and a continuation from the last as we travel along with Khan in discovering how repetition can be used to better understand time and remembrance.

The show begins with Khan’s early work in photography in which he takes existing media of a similar subject matter and meticulously layers them all into one large file. The resulting images are blurred, overly saturated and difficult to comprehend—and they are meant to be. Khan has stripped away the preconceived understanding that photography produces clear, carbon copy images of one moment in time and instead has created deeply layered and complex works exploring time itself. His works such as “every…William Turner Postcard from Tate Britain” (2004) feel deeply familiar yet distant almost as though they are the result of closing your eyes and conjuring up a William Turner painting from memory.

Idris Khan, “Overture,” 2015, oil on glass with aluminum frame, 96″ x 78″ x 156″/Photo: Idris Khan and Sean Kelly

Following his work with photography, we move onto his text-based work. Applying the same methodologies from before, Khan combines every scanned page of a book into one single image. Just as with the subject matter of the photographs, the “subject” or text becomes impossible to discern. However, it is not the text itself that is important but rather the resulting powerful visual story. This is furthered once again in the next room in which the text from literature is replaced with musical compositions. It is here that his exploration of time really begins to resonate as each musical score exists in its entirety simultaneously.

The first half of the exhibition features Khan working primarily with pre-existing media. In one of the largest departures in the show, we now enter into an exciting place in his practice in which he begins to create pieces created solely by his own hand. It is also where we begin to see his work with sculpture and painting. Repetition remains the driving force behind his art but we are introduced to it being shown in a new light. His work “Overture” (2015), a large-scale sculpture featuring seven large panels of glass hanging vertically, one in front of the other, introduces his work with stamps and his exploration of global crisis and displacement. Each panel of glass is stamped repeatedly with his own writing, creating densely layered abstract shapes where the writing is illegible except for the edges of shapes where broken phrases start to become visible. The repetition becomes deeply personal in his work “My Mother,” a cast of around 360 stacked photos representing his mother’s entire life in photographs.

Idris Khan, “The Seasons Turn,” 2021, oil on mounted paper, twenty-eight panels, each: 25 1/2″ × 21 1/2″/Photo: Idris Khan and Sean Kelly

The exhibition once again takes new form as we begin to view Khan’s work with painting in “The Seasons Turn,” a collection of twenty-eight (seven for each season) watercolor works created during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each painting features colors specially chosen to represent a particular season and is stamped with the music of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons.” Through these works, not only do we see a continuation of his work with musical compositions and repetition, but we are also introduced to a new caliber of his artistic skill—his masterful use of color. When viewed together as one large piece, the colors converse with one another in a symbiotic relationship.

The final room features a new collection of paintings Khan has created specifically for the exhibition. Taking inspiration from five master paintings in the museum’s collection, he has created colorful reinterpretations of paintings stamped with musical compositions created with a digital program directly using the colors from each historical painting. The show is deeply compelling and brilliantly curated to create a powerfully intimate viewing experience. If you were to enter the show not knowing anything about Idris Khan, you will leave a fan excited and eager for future work.

“Idris Khan: Repeat After Me” is on view at Milwaukee Art Museum, 700 North Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, through August 11.

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Milwaukee police chase, 15-year-old driver arrested

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3 hours ago

January 8, 2026

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Milwaukee police chase, 15-year-old driver arrested

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MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee police arrested a 15-year-old boy after a pursuit across the city’s north side Wednesday night.

What they’re saying:

The chase started around 9:20 p.m. MPD said officers saw a vehicle that was wanted in an armed robbery and tried to stop it near 33rd and Locust, but the driver took off.

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The chase ended roughly two miles away near 29th and Roosevelt, where the driver got out and ran. MPD said the suspect’s vehicle continued to roll and collided with another vehicle. Officers ultimately caught the 15-year-old and took him into custody.

What’s next:

Criminal charges will be referred to the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office.

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Milwaukee stabbing near 40th and McKinley; 1 wounded, 1 arrested

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January 8, 2026

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Milwaukee stabbing near 40th and McKinley; 1 wounded, 1 arrested

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Milwaukee Police Department

MILWAUKEE – One person was taken to the hospital after a stabbing in Milwaukee on Wednesday night, Jan. 7.

What we know:

According to Milwaukee police, a 26-year-old was stabbed around 7 p.m. near 40th and McKinley.

Milwaukee police arrested a suspect on the scene.

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What you can do:

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Milwaukee police at 414-935-7360 or to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 414-224-Tips or P3 Tips.

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Milwaukee man charged; officer trapped in defendant’s getaway car

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January 7, 2026

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MILWAUKEE – A 26-year-old Milwaukee man is accused of fleeing police during an arrest attempt. An officer who was present to make the arrest ended up being trapped in the backseat of the defendant’s vehicle during an attempt to flee law enforcement. The accused is Kewane Daniels – and he faces the following criminal counts:

First-degree recklessly endangering safety
False imprisonment
Operating a motor vehicle to flee or in an attempt to elude an officer
Second-degree recklessly endangering safety

Property taken, arrest attempt

What we know:

According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee police reported to the Comfort Suites near 118th and Silver Spring after a caller indicated that “property had been taken from her by the defendant,” the complaint says. The caller indicated location data alerted her that the property was in the hotel parking lot. Daniels also had two warrants for his arrest.

The caller reached out to Daniels to come outside and meet her. Law enforcement were going to assist with arresting Daniels and getting the property back.

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The complaint indicates Daniels approached his car, and an officer followed and positioned himself behind an open rear door. He “drew his service weapon knowing that Daniels was reported to frequently be armed,” the complaint says. The officer ordered Daniels not to place the car in drive, but the complaint says Daniels ignored the orders and “accelerated in reverse in an attempt to flee (the officer).”

Arresting officer trapped in defendant’s vehicle

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The officer, who was now being forced to back pedal, “realized he could not keep up with the quickly reversing vehicle, and feared he may be overtaken and crushed beneath the auto. (The officer) stated that he had to jump into the open rear passenger’s seat in order to escape the possibility of being knocked down beneath the oncoming vehicle’s door and tires,” the complaint says.

The defendant quickly accelerated out of the hotel parking lot with the officer in the rear seat. The officer “continually ordered him to stop the car,” the complaint says. The officer stated, “Daniels fled at a high rate of speed near 90 mph east on W. Silver Spring Drive while losing control and mounting the curb several times,” the complaint says. During this entire incident, the officer said he “kept his service weapon aimed at Daniels while in the back seat. Due to the speeds and reckless driving, (the officer) could not exit the vehicle,” the complaint says.

The court filing says the officer having his firearm pointed had no effect on Daniels pulling over the vehicle. Later, he put his weapon away to try and convince Daniels that he was not in danger and to pull over the vehicle. Instead, the defendant continued fleeing and driving recklessly, the complaint says.

Defendant bails, car crashes

What we know:

Near 92nd and Birch Avenue in Milwaukee, the complaint says, “Daniels opened the driver’s door and abandoned the vehicle which was still moving at approximately 35 mph.” The officer remained trapped in the rear passenger seat of the driverless vehicle which “came to a stop when it mounted the curb, continued into a front yard, and eventually crashed into a tree,” the complaint says. It is noted that Daniels’ vehicle had the child locks engaged, so the officer was unable to exit the vehicle on his own.

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Officers in other squads quickly located Daniels. The complaint indicates the defendant was “missing footwear in extremely frigid temperatures.” His footwear was recovered in a grassy area near where he was taken into custody.

What’s next:

Online court records indicate Daniels is scheduled to make his initial appearance in Milwaukee County court on Thursday, Jan. 8.

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