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, Spring, Hsin-Yu Wang

Spring

Hsin-Yu Wang

Painting - 60 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

$1,849

Painting, Poppies, Isabelle Hirtzig

Poppies

Isabelle Hirtzig

Painting - 29 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch

$191

Painting, Rouquine, Sylvie Cappe

Rouquine

Sylvie Cappe

Painting - 65 x 81 x 1.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.6 inch

$1,133

Painting, Geisha Emerald, Christy

Geisha Emerald

Christy

Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

$1,156

Painting, Regard profond, Christy

Regard profond

Christy

Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

$1,133

Painting, Geisha azurée, Christy

Geisha azurée

Christy

Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

$1,133

Painting, Douceur exquise, Christy

Douceur exquise

Christy

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

$1,757

Painting, L'indien, Christy

L'indien

Christy

Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

$1,133

Painting, Hamana, Christy

Hamana

Christy

Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

$2,543

Painting, Ginko, Christy

Ginko

Christy

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

$2,023

Painting, Précious amber, Christy

Précious amber

Christy

Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$2,023

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

$1,410

Painting, Blue Fuyo, Christy

Blue Fuyo

Christy

Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,156

Painting, Hana, Christy

Hana

Christy

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

$1,965

Painting, April, Anatoly Tarabanov

April

Anatoly Tarabanov

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

$462

Painting, Pen, Anatoly Tarabanov

Pen

Anatoly Tarabanov

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

$561

Painting, ZenArt, Sylvie Cappe

ZenArt

Sylvie Cappe

Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

$185