Dreamlike Characters

It must be so liberating to depict a world that may not exist, or elevate a side to life often ignored and forgotten. To dream is to escape reality – imagine being able to recreate this escapism. In a way, artists who have taken their visions, dreams and even nightmares and dared to chronicle them in their work possess the ability to portray escapism. From Pablo Picasso's depictions of those dreaming to Marc Chagall depicting his own dreams, dreams in art is not a modern concept. Such an exploration has revealed both the fantastic and the dark, the divine and the prophetic whilst attempt to recreate the indescribable. What cannot be described may be too painful to depict, thus the beauty in escapism was conveyed by the likes of Chagall in The Dream (1939) when living through the beginning of World War II. To paint color that only exists in your mind paired with optimism or nostalgia (or indeed doubt), is no mean feat. In Artsper's own collection of works, Irina Bast depicts beauty with paint whilst Minas Halaj uses her floral-clad portraits of dreamlike figures to question the concept of beauty as a double-edged sword. Both highlight that dreams, their dreamlike characters and the light and color they omit are quintessentially of the artists beautiful mind… for us to then to find meaning.


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Painting, L'alchimiste, Sylvie Cappe

L'alchimiste

Sylvie Cappe

Painting - 60 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

$1,133

Painting, Douceur sévère, Christy

Douceur sévère

Christy

Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,503

Painting, Pétale de sang, Christy

Pétale de sang

Christy

Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,503

Painting, Libre, Isabelle Hirtzig

Libre

Isabelle Hirtzig

Painting - 40 x 40 x 0.2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

$208

Sculpture, Happiness, Gor Avetisyan

Happiness

Gor Avetisyan

Sculpture - 48 x 34 x 18 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 13.4 x 7.1 inch

$2,300 $2,070

Painting, Sourire, Isabelle Hirtzig

Sourire

Isabelle Hirtzig

Painting - 21 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting - 8.3 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$106

Painting, The King, Sylvie Cappe

The King

Sylvie Cappe

Painting - 65 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,017

Painting, Monica B, Sylvie Cappe

Monica B

Sylvie Cappe

Painting - 60 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

$1,017

Painting, Mélodie, Sylvie Cappe

Mélodie

Sylvie Cappe

Painting - 60 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

$1,017

Painting, Jimi, Sylvie Cappe

Jimi

Sylvie Cappe

Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,179

Painting, Cindy, Sylvie Cappe

Cindy

Sylvie Cappe

Painting - 100 x 60 x 0.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

$1,133

Painting, Bubbles, Sylvie Cappe

Bubbles

Sylvie Cappe

Painting - 120 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

$1,133

Painting, Égérie, Cécile Desserle

Égérie

Cécile Desserle

Painting - 82 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 32.3 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch

$1,445

Painting, April, Anatoly Tarabanov

April

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$462

Sculpture, Play motard, Sylvie Cappe

Play motard

Sylvie Cappe

Sculpture - 62 x 31 x 20 cm Sculpture - 24.4 x 12.2 x 7.9 inch

$832

Painting, Aude, Ouroboros

Aude

Ouroboros

Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,040

Painting, Pen, Anatoly Tarabanov

Pen

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$561

Sculpture, Rouge Spider, Sylvie Cappe

Rouge Spider

Sylvie Cappe

Sculpture - 82 x 35 x 35 cm Sculpture - 32.3 x 13.8 x 13.8 inch

$1,017

Painting, Sorry, Isabelle Hirtzig

Sorry

Isabelle Hirtzig

Painting - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

$133