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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Histoire de femmes 5
Florence Dussuyer
Painting - 150 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$10,403
Olive Branch
Claire Denarie-Soffietti
Painting - 120 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 2 inch
$13,177
She's a Nature
Claire Denarie-Soffietti
Painting - 125 x 90 x 5 cm Painting - 49.2 x 35.4 x 2 inch
$16,413
Londoloza
Claire Denarie-Soffietti
Painting - 130 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$18,610
Myrrhe Églantine
Claire Denarie-Soffietti
Painting - 130 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
$17,569
Le Chat Vert
Claire Denarie-Soffietti
Painting - 130 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$12,021
Samsara
Claire Denarie-Soffietti
Painting - 130 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$13,177
Burst into Bloom
Claire Denarie-Soffietti
Painting - 140 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 55.1 x 51.2 x 2 inch
$25,429
La Camicia
Claire Denarie-Soffietti
Painting - 120 x 90 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 2 inch
$16,413
La vierge aux abeilles
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,734
Through the Grapevine
Claire Denarie-Soffietti
Painting - 120 x 90 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 2 inch
$10,981
Le Chant de la Cigale
Claire Denarie-Soffietti
Painting - 120 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$17,569
Silence
Claire Denarie-Soffietti
Painting - 140 x 140 x 5 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 x 2 inch
$14,217
Blossoming Romance
Gor Avetisyan
Painting - 110 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,508
Stepping out, Reasons of life
Gor Avetisyan
Painting - 110 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,623
Dedicated to Modigliani 2
Olga Marciano
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$809
Dedicated to Botticelli 3
Olga Marciano
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$809
Art market in Zaandam
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$539
The view of Schiedam 4
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 59.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$535
Muscas, la reine des mouches
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$6,935
Aeon 2: a keyhole on mars
Jason Lincoln Jeffers
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$2,190
Pond with pink lilies. original oil painting
Elena Lukina
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,271
More than a thousand words
Elena Lukina
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,271
L'Innocente intacte - Format M
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$2,890
L'Innocente intacte - Format S
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,387
Demeter - Size L
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$2,890
Demeter - Size M
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,040
