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, L'envolée, Gaelle Beyaert

Gaelle Beyaert

Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,753

Fine Art Drawings, Version rock, Isabelle Hirtzig

Isabelle Hirtzig

Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$258

Painting, La pudeur, Cécile Desserle

Cécile Desserle

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

$3,361

Painting, Love moi, Cécile Desserle

Cécile Desserle

Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

$5,042

Fine Art Drawings, October girl, Isabelle Hirtzig

Isabelle Hirtzig

Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

$114

Painting, Estsanatlehi, Olga Marciano

Olga Marciano

Painting - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$8,499

Fine Art Drawings, L'acrobate 1, Changzheng Zhu

Changzheng Zhu

Fine Art Drawings - 38 x 38 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 15 x 0 inch

$150

Painting, Hostility, Dela Quarshie

Dela Quarshie

Painting - 203 x 180 x 1 cm Painting - 79.9 x 70.9 x 0.4 inch

$14,406

Fine Art Drawings, Seul le chien, Gaelle Beyaert

Gaelle Beyaert

Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 32 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch

$468

Painting, Rêveuse, Ahmed Zaibi

Ahmed Zaibi

Painting - 110 x 80 cm Painting - 43.3 x 31.5 inch

$3,842

Painting, Passion, Bernard Gaulbert

Bernard Gaulbert

Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

$600

Painting, La Blanche, Bernard Gaulbert

Bernard Gaulbert

Painting - 100 x 80 x 344 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 135.4 inch

$3,601

Painting, Pastel Still Art, Elena Lukina

Elena Lukina

Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

Price upon request

Painting, Sisters, Dasha Pogodina

Dasha Pogodina

Painting - 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch

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Painting, Soulmates, Dasha Pogodina

Dasha Pogodina

Painting - 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch

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Painting, Sunday, Dasha Pogodina

Dasha Pogodina

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

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Painting, New Hat, Dasha Pogodina

Dasha Pogodina

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

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Painting, Home Alone, Dasha Pogodina

Dasha Pogodina

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

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Painting, Juliette, Dasha Pogodina

Dasha Pogodina

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

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