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Sometimes we wake from slumber, drenched in sweat, swearing that the visions in our minds were playing out in reality. What if they are? In her new exhibition, A Comforting Invisible at Hashimoto Contemporary Los Angeles, Paris-based artist Lou Benesch considers the existence of a second, invisible realm accessed only through the portal of dreams. This new series of rich, intricate watercolor paintings on paper reveals an alternate reality where strange mythological creatures roam across surreal landscapes, waiting to be witnessed after nightfall.

Just as they would appear in a dream, …