Dream Under the City

by Emeline Renard

Acrylic on canvas, 45.6 × 35 inches

“Beneath Paris, far from postcards and storefronts, hundreds of people live in unimaginable conditions, inside unsafe underground tunnels, largely ignored. Invisible human beings. Often more human than we are. Simply searching for shelter. Even in this hell, they sleep. And when they sleep, they dream. They dream of golden landscapes, of peace, of love. Because dreams cannot be taken away.”