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<acrylics on canvas / 40 x 30 cm>
04/2023
Prototype artwork #2 of the series “Arcadia”.
The artwork’s observer takes part in the subject matter, as she/he get’s “checked out” by the girl in the shopping cart. This piece resembles a daydream in a random laundry, in which one loses sense of time and space.
I'm Your Daydream wasn't called that arbitrarily, it's about capturing a daydream - a moment in which reality and fantasy combine and become one.
The entire series “Arcadia” deals with exactly this topic, but in the other works the viewer always sees actions of others who are experiencing a “daydream”, it is completely different here with “I’m Your Daydream”. This work plays with the viewer himself as the observer is invited to experience a vision of such a daydream.
We see a young lady placed in a shopping cart in a laundry. This “cart” is normally used for clean laundry - but this time it was used for a different purpose. The lady / “day-dream-dream woman” pushes her shades off her nose and looks at the person opposite (checks us out). Furthermore, the bottom of this shopping cart is covered with warm, bubbling water, which could also be reminiscent of a bathtub situation. There is also a soft padding layer underneath her that makes everything EVEN softer (hence the word “Soft” repeated over and over again). The words “Beauty” and “Illusion” were hidden in the frame of the car - these reflect the title of the work of art.
To make the picture look even more dreamy, various items of laundry fly out of the dryer. These are linked to the title of the artwork.
On the sole of the shoe itself there is “SOS” - a cry for help, so to speak, because this moment is too good to be true.
Another small detail of this “I think I’ve fallen in love with my daydream” message can be found on the glass of a washing drum, because “Love will find you” is written there in two semicircles. This message shows that ultimately everything is always good.