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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Artemis & Orion - Size M
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$2,980
Artemis & Orion - Size S
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,431
The new milkmaid
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$2,980
Odalisque masquée
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,073
Le rapt de Perspéphone
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,431
Summer sounds
Anatoly Tarabanov
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,186
Jupiter & Io
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 150 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$8,941
Jeune fille timide
Changzheng Zhu
Sculpture - 25 x 13 x 26 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 5.1 x 10.2 inch
$1,013
Histoire de femmes 7
Florence Dussuyer
Painting - 150 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$10,729
Jeune femme au repos
Changzheng Zhu
Sculpture - 28 x 24 x 23 cm Sculpture - 11 x 9.4 x 9.1 inch
$1,073
La contorsionniste
Changzheng Zhu
Sculpture - 30 x 39 x 18.5 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 15.4 x 7.3 inch
$1,431
Prêtresse - Format M
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,431
Jupiter & Io
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,788
Muscas, la reine des mouches
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,384
A Bagno Maria
Claire Denarie-Soffietti
Painting - 120 x 90 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 2 inch
$11,325
Libellules
Claire Denarie-Soffietti
Painting - 130 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$13,590
Odalisque fessée
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$17,882
Artemis & Orion - Size L
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 150 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$8,941
Prêtresse - Format L
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$2,146
L'Épreuve de Psyché - Format M
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$2,980
L'Épreuve de Psyché - Format S
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,431
Prêtresse - Format XS
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 45 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$358
L'éclosion tranquille
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 92 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
$3,696
Ma peau porte tes mots
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,007
Tu existes pour moi
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,530
Funny Girl
Isabelle Hirtzig
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$161
Le jardin des sens
Gaelle Beyaert
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,912
S'attarder un instant
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,530
A la vie à la mort
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,603
La porte du rêve
Marie-Paskale Perrin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,027
Bain de fleurs
Marie-Paskale Perrin
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,778
Rêve du jour
Marie-Paskale Perrin
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,311
Prêtresse - Format S
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$536
Waiting for no one
Isabelle Hirtzig
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$221
The Bride
Isabelle Hirtzig
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$256
New Hairstyle
Isabelle Hirtzig
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 18 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0 inch
$137
Prêtresse - Format XL
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 150 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$7,153
L'Épreuve de Psyché - Format L
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 150 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$8,941
