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, Rêverie celeste, Electre

Electre

Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$372

Painting, Inconnue, Electre

Electre

Painting - 80 x 60 x 0.3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

$252

Painting, Asiatique, Electre

Electre

Painting - 56 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 22 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

$252

Painting, La coiffe, Electre

Electre

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

$372 $335

Design, Élan Vital, Julie Ruelle

Julie Ruelle

Design - 110 x 80 x 0.3 cm Design - 43.3 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

$7,203

Print, Temptation, Technicolora

Technicolora

Print - 70 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 22 x 0 inch

$576

Painting, Ave Maria, Dasha Pogodina

Dasha Pogodina

Painting - 47 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 18.5 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

$600

Painting, Shelter me, Dasha Pogodina

Dasha Pogodina

Painting - 55 x 46 x 1.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.6 inch

$600

Painting, Honeymoon, Dasha Pogodina

Dasha Pogodina

Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch

$2,161

Painting, Sirena 13th, Dasha Pogodina

Dasha Pogodina

Painting - 60 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

$1,321

Painting, My thoughts, Dasha Pogodina

Dasha Pogodina

Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch

$2,161

Painting, I Am Strong, Dasha Pogodina

Dasha Pogodina

Painting - 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,561

Painting, Play for me, Dasha Pogodina

Dasha Pogodina

Painting - 100 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

$1,681

Painting, Kitties, Dasha Pogodina

Dasha Pogodina

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

$1,321

Painting, Flora 13th, Dasha Pogodina

Dasha Pogodina

Painting - 60 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

$1,321

Painting, Pleasure, Dasha Pogodina

Dasha Pogodina

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

$1,741

Sculpture, Apaisement, Changzheng Zhu

Changzheng Zhu

Sculpture - 32 x 24 x 24 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 9.4 x 9.4 inch

$960

Painting, Eve, Anatoly Tarabanov

Eve

Anatoly Tarabanov

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

$702

Painting, Nude, Anatoly Tarabanov

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$864

Painting, Yarilo, Anatoly Tarabanov

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting - 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$828

Photography, Milk Shower, Mathilde Oscar

Mathilde Oscar

Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

$900

Photography, Thétis, Mathilde Oscar

Mathilde Oscar

Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

$900

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