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Style Imitating Art: Sweet Dreams by Rus Khasanov

January 12, 2022 / 46 Comments
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About Style Imitating Art

Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey and Terri of MeadowTree Style. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from pieces of art. Every other Monday, one of the hosts, acting as curator, selects an inspiration image that they will each post on their blogs. The following Monday, each host shares her art inspired outfit. Participants are invited to submit their art inspired outfits to the curator by 10:00 p.m. EST on the Tuesday following the hosts’ art inspired outfit posts. The following day, Wednesday, the curator will share all of the submissions on her blog.

You don’t have to be a blogger to join! You are invited to share your images on Instagram or other social media platforms. Just be sure to tag Salazar and Terri or use #TeamLOTSStyle and #StyleImitatingArt so the hosts know you have joined. Go have some fun in your closets and join the SIA challenge next week!

The Inspiration Artwork

The inspiration artwork was curated by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey. You can read why she has chosen this specific piece as her inspiration artwork here.

Sweet Dreams by Rus Khasanov (Motion Graphics, Digital Art, Digital Photography, 2016)

Screen shot of Rus Khasanov’s Sweet Dreams
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About the Artist: Rus Khasanov

Ruslan Khasanov is a Russian visual artist whose work is fueled by the motto “Beauty is Everywhere”. He expresses strong emotion through his visual arts which include music videos, typography, and illustration with experimentation and improvisation at the center of his creative process. Through his work, Khasanov desires to showcase the synergy between art, science, and design and organize these disciplines with mutual reinforcement.

Khasanov’s work is mainly characterized by very bright colors with abstract and random forms. He sees something in these forms that reminds him of the vastness of space as well as microorganisms. He finds inspiration in music, movies, dance, and people, but mostly looks to nature, the microscopic world, and space as his muses.

The artist has many high profile clients for his design work including Adobe, Atlantic Records, Dunkin’ Donuts, GQ, IBM, MAC Cosmetics, and Samsung. He has also won various awards and has exhibited his work internationally.

You can follow Rus Khasanov on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, and Behance.

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About the Art: Sweet Dreams

Sweet Dreams is a continuation of the artist’s previous experimental videos, Pacific Light (2013) and ODYSSEY (2015). This abstract work is meant to provide “a kind of escape from the gray surrounding reality into a world of bright sweet dreams.” The video illustrates bursts of paint and oils and other elements in bold vibrant colors with a musical reel by Dmitry Evgrafov. The video runs for 1:49 and will mesmerize you straight into a dreamlike state of sweetness.

To create the visual effects in his videos, Khasanov has played with a variety of scientific experiments that have included things like chemical reactions, soy sauce, and fire. Underneath a microscopic lens, these elements explode into bold beautiful colors. Rather than adhering to the current trend of biomimicry, Khasanov captures actual biology and chemistry in his artwork.

He calls his experiments chaotic but it is the creative chaos of his love for the materials that energizes his work. And that is very evident in these super creative videos.

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About My Outfit Inspired by Sweet Dreams

After watching the video a few times (because I was completely mesmerized and couldn’t stop), I decide to screen shot a few still frames to sort of narrow down my inspiration. There is a lot of color and movement in the video and I was feeling a bit overwhelmed with choices and which direction to go. Actually, the first thing that came to mind was this paint splatter sweatshirt that I received a few years ago as part of a brand collaboration with Dresslily. I had intended to restyle it for winter but when I went looking for it, I couldn’t find it.

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Screen shot of Rus Khasanov’s Sweet Dreams
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In my fruitless search for the paint splatter top, I stumbled upon my bright pink tie dye hoodie that was part of a brand collaboration with Rosegal and it struck me as the perfect piece for this Style Imitating Art challenge. And then I remembered this cute pastel tie dye maxi dress that I picked up on my last thrifting adventure. It is a summer dress by Zara and it has spaghetti straps but one was broken. So I had to do a quick mending job before I could wear it. I layered a black turtleneck underneath the dress and now I wish I had taken photos of it without my hoodie because that looked super cute, too. But, as you can see, it is cold and snowy in my part of the world so I am hesitant to remove any of my layers if I don’t have to.

I wore black knee high lug sole boots and my black fingerless gloves to highlight the black hole in the middle of my hoodie. I thought my black and white polka dot coat was a nice addition to the mix of bold and abstract colorful happiness! My magenta earrings reflect the polka dots on my coat as well as some of the paint drips and droplets in the video.

After taking these photos, I went running errands and a lovely lady stopped me coming out of TJ Maxx as she enthusiastically told me how cheerful my outfit was! And here I thought I looked a little bit ridiculous. But if your outfit can make someone else smile as well as yourself, then that’s a winning outfit, for sure! I’ll wear it again, I think. Or something similar!

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To see more outfits inspired by Rus Khasanov’s Sweet Dreams, please visit Salazar’s post for the complete roundup of submissions. You can also read the details of Salazar’s own inspired outfit here and Terri’s here. Have you joined the Style Imitating Art challenges yet? Be sure to check for the next prompt on Monday, January 17, 2022.

Keeping it on the edge,

Shelbee

Linking up with these Fabulous Link Parties.

Outfit Details: Dress-Zara (Thrifted) / Hoodie-c/o Rosegal / Turtleneck-Charlotte Russe / Coat and Earrings-Target / Boots-Steve Madden / Tights-c/o Sheertex / Gloves-Amazon

I am a midlife woman, wife, and stay-at-home mother of 2 boys and 2 cats. I have a passion for helping other women feel fabulous in the midst of this crazy, beautiful life.

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