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, Ave Maria, Dasha Pogodina

Dasha Pogodina

Painting - 94 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 1 inch

€1,100

Painting, Childhood, Dasha Pogodina

Dasha Pogodina

Painting - 94 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 1 inch

€1,500

Painting, Olivia, Dasha Pogodina

Dasha Pogodina

Painting - 90 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Painting, White cat, Dasha Pogodina

Dasha Pogodina

Painting - 94 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 1 inch

€1,300

Print, Owl Fancier, Irena Aizen

Irena Aizen

Print - 25 x 19.5 x 0.5 cm Print - 9.8 x 7.7 x 0.2 inch

€648

Print, Dancing Twins, Irena Aizen

Irena Aizen

Print - 18 x 23.5 x 1 cm Print - 7.1 x 9.3 x 0.4 inch

€648

Painting, Maria, Dasha Pogodina

Dasha Pogodina

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

€1,650

Painting, Janne, Dasha Pogodina

Dasha Pogodina

Painting - 90 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,950

Print, Bats Fancier, Irena Aizen

Irena Aizen

Print - 26 x 26 x 1 cm Print - 10.2 x 10.2 x 0.4 inch

€648

Painting, Migrant, Anatoly Tarabanov

Anatoly Tarabanov

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

€505

Painting, Red sun, Anatoly Tarabanov

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting - 75 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€600

Painting, Cantata, Anatoly Tarabanov

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€625

Painting, Source, Anatoly Tarabanov

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€585

Print, Flora, Irena Aizen

Irena Aizen

Print - 50 x 48 x 2.5 cm Print - 19.7 x 18.9 x 1 inch

€1,160

Painting, Legato, Anatoly Tarabanov

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,350

Painting, Queen, Anatoly Tarabanov

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€695

Painting, Dialog, Anatoly Tarabanov

Anatoly Tarabanov

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

€550

Painting, Nika, Anatoly Tarabanov

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€505

Print, Sunflower, James Jean

James Jean

Print - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.1 cm Print - 20 x 16 x 0 inch

€1,400

Painting, Mountain herbs, Elena Lukina

Elena Lukina

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

€1,680

Painting, Movement, Gor Avetisyan

Gor Avetisyan

Painting - 30 x 68 cm Painting - 11.8 x 26.8 inch

€500

Painting, Winter Glory, Gor Avetisyan

Gor Avetisyan

Painting - 46 x 57 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 22.4 x 0.8 inch

€590