Hypnopompia
Restorations, Personal Mike Restorations, Personal Mike

Hypnopompia

After a 14 hour show day spent mostly talking with people about mostly darker art, we got home and I crashed hard, and, as I tend to do, stirred at 4 in the morning. In the dark, in the quiet of that between place of consciousness and sleep, unsure if I was in dreamland or the waking world, I suddenly got the distinct impression I was not alone, and then that someone or something was standing on my back.

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Nightmare
Restorations, History Rebecca Tillett Restorations, History Rebecca Tillett

Nightmare

Nightmare by Nicolai Abildgaard draws inspiration from Johann Henry Fuseli’s 1781 painting Nachtmahr. First exhibited at the Royal Academy in London in 1782, Fuseli’s work was rapidly reproduced and widely distributed across Europe in both authorized and unauthorized versions.

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