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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Windmill in Maasluis
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€402
Landscape with a windmill
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 30 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€308
The view of Schiedam 2
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 30 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€304
The view of Schiedam 3
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€303
Haystacks in Westland
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 23.9 x 40.9 x 1 cm Painting - 9.4 x 16.1 x 0.4 inch
€301
Dog on the mountain road
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.3 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch
€363
Winter forest sunrise
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.3 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.5 inch
€368
Spring in Holland 5
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 26.9 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 10.6 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
€334
Spring in the Ardennes
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 24.1 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 9.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€179
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
€488
Birches at the river
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 40.6 x 61 x 1.3 cm Painting - 16 x 24 x 0.5 inch
€414
Wet dog with a red ball
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.3 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.5 inch
€364
Landscape with poppies 2
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.3 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.5 inch
€366
Landscape with poppies 3
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.3 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.5 inch
€368
Qui a peur des souris?
Sylvie Cappe
Sculpture - 15 x 10 x 20 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 3.9 x 7.9 inch
€210
Mille lieux dans les airs
Sylvie Cappe
Painting - 57 x 43 x 0.1 cm Painting - 22.4 x 16.9 x 0 inch
€380
A l'envers, à l'endroit
Gaelle Beyaert
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€390
Une pomme tire le rideau
Gaelle Beyaert
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€390
Le pont des chromosomes suspendus
Gaelle Beyaert
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€390
La repousse
Gaelle Beyaert
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 22 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
€290
Une cueillette de pollen
Gaelle Beyaert
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 22 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
€290
Après la pluie
Gaelle Beyaert
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 22 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
€290
Une partition de musique
Gaelle Beyaert
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 22 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
€290
Un havre de paix
Gaelle Beyaert
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 22 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
€290
La guirlande d'août
Gaelle Beyaert
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 22 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
€290
Fanfan la tulipe
Gaelle Beyaert
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 22 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
€290
Récolte tardive
Gaelle Beyaert
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 22 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
€290
Auprès de mon arbre
Gaelle Beyaert
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 22 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
€290
