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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Old Cozy Street - Positano, Italy
Reneta Isin
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$13,050
Suspension entre deux mondes
Carole Framezelle - Acmiya
Painting - 96 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 37.8 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$7,581
Marie Madeleine Lumière Du Monde
Carole Framezelle - Acmiya
Print - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$297
Isis et l'émeraude philosophale
Carole Framezelle - Acmiya
Print - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$297
La vie en rose
Carole Framezelle - Acmiya
Print - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$297
Je vais vous dire un secret
Electre
Painting - 80 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$368
John Lennon In The Sky With Diamonds
Carole Framezelle - Acmiya
Print - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$297
I structure my thoughts
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,135
Now I know what it's like to love myself
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,135
Our strange paradise
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
$1,068
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$593
We will protect you,dear
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,135
Who we really are?
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,135
Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,135
Everything is as it should be
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
$2,135
Let’s sin together dear
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,135
I'm always going somewhere
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
$2,135
You keep my heart and my secrets
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$1,305
The river will carry away everything except us
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,135
Maria’s childhood
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,068
I gave you eternal life
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,135
Faith is tested in difficult times
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
$2,135
Apple juice, honey!
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,135
No one knows better than you
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,135
Posing in the Garden
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,424
Posing in the Garden
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 125 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,729
The Miracle of Christmas
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 94 x 94 x 2 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 0.8 inch
$1,780
Family Tapestry: Grandma and Sister’s Picnic
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,780
Entwined in Serenity
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,898
Driada - I feel the Earth
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,874
Guardian of the Enchanted Grove
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 90 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,135
Woman nude, Pop art - Antifragile
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,874
Nude woman naive modern art - Warrior
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 75 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,602
Sirens Art Modern Woman Nude, Bird Woman,
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 90 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,491
Towards the Real me
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,874
The new milkmaid
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,424
Extra Virgin Oil
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,424
Woman nude, Pop art - Antifragile
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,068
I need your friendship so much
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 115 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 45.3 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,796
I have the horse. Am I a knight?
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 115 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 45.3 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,796
The new milkmaid
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$890