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, Gueisha, Sylvie Cappe

Gueisha

Sylvie Cappe

Painting - 110 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

$1,133

Painting, Submerged, Hsin-Yu Wang

Submerged

Hsin-Yu Wang

Painting - 145.5 x 112 x 3 cm Painting - 57.3 x 44.1 x 1.2 inch

$9,060

Painting, Sourire, Isabelle Hirtzig

Sourire

Isabelle Hirtzig

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

$110

Painting, Floral delicacy, Christy

Floral delicacy

Christy

Painting - 48 x 36 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.9 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch

$1,454

Sculpture, Bleu Mario, Sylvie Cappe

Bleu Mario

Sylvie Cappe

Sculpture - 49 x 31 x 20 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 12.2 x 7.9 inch

$834

Painting, Breeze, Anatoly Tarabanov

Breeze

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$423

Painting, Harbor, Anatoly Tarabanov

Harbor

Anatoly Tarabanov

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

$590

Painting, Apples, Anatoly Tarabanov

Apples

Anatoly Tarabanov

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

$578

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

$1,168

Photography, Formica, Mathilde Oscar

Formica

Mathilde Oscar

Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

$7,153

Sculpture, Trooper, Sylvie Cappe

Trooper

Sylvie Cappe

Sculpture - 80 x 29 x 13 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 11.4 x 5.1 inch

$918

Painting, Zornitsa, Eva Dimitrova

Zornitsa

Eva Dimitrova

Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$1,431

Painting, Aude, Ouroboros

Aude

Ouroboros

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

$1,073

Painting, Beauté fatale, Christy

Beauté fatale

Christy

Painting - 59 x 39 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.2 x 15.4 x 0.2 inch

$2,027

Painting, Love I, Gor Avetisyan

Love I

Gor Avetisyan

Painting - 47.5 x 21 cm Painting - 18.7 x 8.3 inch

$417

Painting, Flamboyant, Gaelle Beyaert

Flamboyant

Gaelle Beyaert

Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$1,025