The best things in life are free (But you can give them to the birds and bees), 2023

Printed and mounted on Dibond

35.2 x 44 inches

Fair Market Value: $4,500

Starting Bid: $3,150

Buy It Now: $6,750

GHOST OF A DREAM is the collaborative duo of Adam Eckstrom and Lauren Was. They began their collaboration in 2007 shortly after meeting at Rhode Island School of Design where they both received MFAs. Their work embodies the essence of opulence while being constructed of materials that typically end up in the trash. The artists mine popular culture searching for discarded materials that people use trying to reach their goals. Whether it is a Hollywood film that transports the viewer into a dream reality, a lottery ticket that gives the possibility of a future full of rich decadence, or shipping materials that bring someone their prize possessions; they use these remnants to both re-create people's dreams, and portray the dreamer. Among their most recent exhibitions is State of the Art, a traveling museum exhibition that has shown at Crystal Bridges Museum, The Telfair Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens Museum in Memphis, Frist Center for Visual Arts in Nashville and The Mint in Charlotte. Ghost of a Dream's recent solo exhibitions include A Devil to Pay, CES Gallery in Los Angeles; The Fair Housing Project, Smack Mellon (Brooklyn, NY); A Good Run of Bad Luck, Binghamton University (Binghamton, NY); and Gone the Sun, Galerie Paris-Beijing (Paris, France). They are represented by Galerie Paris Beijing (including solo exhibitions in Paris, 2015; Brussels, 2013, and Beijing, 2010) and by Galleri Christoffer Egelund in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Artists-in-Residence, 2012