‘Palace of Dreams,’ 2022

Following a two year hiatus, Sydney Contemporary returned in 2022 and it was Tamara Dean who represented Michael Reid Sydney + Berlin.

Palace of Dreams, a project over twelve months in the making, made it’s worldwide debut at the art fair, seeing an audience of over 150,000 people across five days. In this series, Dean disorientates her subjects using a purpose built underwater studio. With Palace of Dreams Tamara Dean successfully choreographs a dreamlike world, illustrated across eight gravity defying subjects.