Dream of Achilles

Description

“Dream of Achilles” unfolds as a multi-layered dreamscape between myth, memory, and internal experience. Using the mono-sgraffito technique, figures, animals, and fragments appear as if brought forth from a shared depth, not clearly separated from one another, but interwoven. Delicate lines trace female and male forms, accompanied by bird-like creatures, masks, and small marginal figures that participate in the imagery like thoughts or premonitions. The warm ochre, grey, and gold tones lend the scene an ancient, almost timeless atmosphere, while bright breakthroughs and glazed surfaces enhance the impression of movement and blurriness. Achilles is present here not as a hero in battle, but as a dreaming figure – vulnerable, surrounded by symbols of fate, transformation, and inner trial. The image feels like a moment just before waking, where myth and human, past and present flow into one another.