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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Madonna with roses
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,106
I will lead you to the light
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
$2,106
Bloom of Consciousness
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$585
Fruits of our faith
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,106
The sprouts of my confidence
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 94 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 1 inch
$1,287
Let's look to the future with hope
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 94 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 1 inch
$1,287
Venice-where love live
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$585
Tranquil Pond Symphony
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 31 x 48.5 x 2 cm Painting - 12.2 x 19.1 x 0.8 inch
$585
For the first time I see myself so clearly
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
$1,872
We can cry and laugh together
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$1,521
I will play until sunrise
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
$2,106
Sister, do you remember sea#2
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$1,053
Seascape Landscape, Sea Painting - Monet Cliff
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$585
I was lost but I'm found
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$1,053
Benjamin Franklin Pop Art Painting - Antifragile
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$877
Women can do anything!
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$1,521
Promise of eternal friendship
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$1,404
Let's keep them for ourselves
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$1,521
While waiting call for dinner
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 94 x 94 x 2 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 0.8 inch
$1,287
Look at this beauty, honey
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 94 x 94 x 2 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 0.8 inch
$1,521
Ukrainian Christmas
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 125 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,281
White Transparent Apples
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 94 x 94 x 2 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 0.8 inch
$1,521
Spring symphony#1
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,521
Angel Painting - Secret Garden Story
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 85 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,521
Window to the secret garden
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,521
Angel Painting - Secret garden
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,521
Frida Power - XS
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,404
The Beauty of Emotion III
Gor Avetisyan
Painting - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$643
Le Rhinocéros Bleu
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Sculpture - 14 x 35 x 12 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 13.8 x 4.7 inch
$819
The Beauty of Emotion II
Gor Avetisyan
Painting - 35 x 49.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.5 x 0 inch
$643
The Beauty of Emotion I
Gor Avetisyan
Painting - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$585
The Beauty of Abstraction II
Gor Avetisyan
Painting - 35 x 49.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.5 x 0 inch
$819
The Role of Emotions in Creativity I
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Painting - 30 x 50 cm Painting - 11.8 x 19.7 inch
$819
Introspection
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Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,340
Feeling With Song
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Sculpture - 43 x 30 x 13 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 11.8 x 5.1 inch
$5,265
Unicorn II/VII
Gor Avetisyan
Sculpture - 30.2 x 24 x 5.6 cm Sculpture - 11.9 x 9.4 x 2.2 inch
$2,457
La vache aux aguets
Changzheng Zhu
Sculpture - 25 x 37 x 16 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 14.6 x 6.3 inch
$643
Magic Game, no. VI/VIII
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 43 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
$2,223
A Warm Welcome, no. V/VIII
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 14 x 16 x 8.5 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 6.3 x 3.3 inch
$1,989 $1,830
A Visual Journey Through History IV
Gor Avetisyan
Painting - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$690
The Glow of the Moon
Anatoly Tarabanov
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$877
Smoking Garçonne
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$877
Liberté de penser
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,106 $2,001
Essen 19., Mixed Media on Canvas
Jason Lincoln Jeffers
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.5 inch
$1,350
Heavenly Guardian, no 8/8
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 37 x 9 x 9.5 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 3.5 x 3.7 inch
$2,106 $1,895
Metaphysical still life
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Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$737
