Author Description

"A key to creativity, dreams and their visual expressions attest to the power of the imaginary. This book, like the major exhibition it accompanies, focuses on the mysterious and often fantastical images experienced in dreams. Crossing boundaries of time and geography, Lucid Dreams investigates dreams in art, material culture, and new media from a multicultural perspective. It traverses historical eras to present artifacts, artworks, and religious objects that span the globe, alongside works in myriad techniques by artists from the last three centuries, from Goya's powerful Sleep of Reason through Surrealist visions to contemporary creations. All of these express humanity's never-ending desire to touch the dream and interpret it." -- Publisher's website.