Tag: Dreamy
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Phantasmic Figures Grapple with Their Doubles in Xie Lei's Dreamy Oil Paintings
Double can mean many things. It may imply a duplicate, symmetry, a reflection, a twin, a splitting, or even a shadow self. There is an inherent duality that forms around two parts, which may or may not be in concert with one another. Austrian psychoanalyst Otto Rank was the first to describe the concept in read more
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Water Samples from Around the World Melt into Dima Rebus' Dreamy Paintings
The act of painting is often seen as a solitary pursuit; we picture the artist alone in a studio, working through compositional puzzles and experimenting with materials of their own choosing. For Dima Rebus, the process is collaborative, although he may or may not know the other participants. In his large-scale works, the London-based artist read more
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Scale the Dramatic Verticality of Grundtvigs Kirke in David Altrath's Dreamy Photos
The construction of Grundtvigs Kirke in Copenhagen took nearly two decades, beginning in fall of 1921 and finally reaching completion in 1940. Designed by Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint, it transforms the humble brick into a masterpiece of Expressionist architecture. Its pointed interior arches and vaulted ceiling, stepped crenellations, and hulking exterior nod to medieval Gothic and read more
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