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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Multiverse 69
Jason Lincoln Jeffers
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 0.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.3 inch
€427
Multiverse 70
Jason Lincoln Jeffers
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 0.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.3 inch
€427
Multiverse 71
Jason Lincoln Jeffers
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 0.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.3 inch
€427
Pond with pink lilies. original oil painting
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Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
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Elena Lukina
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
L'Innocente intacte - Format M
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€2,500
L'Innocente intacte - Format S
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,200
Demeter - Size L
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€2,500
Demeter - Size M
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€900
Colorful woman portrait
Elena Lukina
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
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Elena Lukina
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,450
Wedding Guest - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Woman, African
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Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
€2,628
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Agwunwa Theophilus
Painting - 101.6 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 36 x 1 inch
€3,051
Inspired by Monet Flowers in a vase
Elena Lukina
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
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Painting - 40 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
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Elena Lukina
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€870
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Elena Lukina
Painting - 55 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
Blooming arch by the sea
Elena Lukina
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,450
Evening colors by the river
Elena Lukina
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
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Painting - 40 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
River fountain in a city park
Elena Lukina
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,550
Landscape with poppy field
Elena Lukina
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,450
Expression with sunflowers
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Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,380
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Elena Lukina
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€890
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Elena Lukina
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€980
Christmas evening in the forest
Elena Lukina
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,290
Icy river in the Christmas forest
Elena Lukina
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,640
Christmas Tree at the City Hall Square
Elena Lukina
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
Christmas Market at Dome square
Elena Lukina
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€900
Bubble Madonna
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Photography - 150 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€7,500
