A dreamlike composition rendered in oil on canvas, Pavel Pepperstein's *Sleeping People* depicts figures surrendered to slumber in his characteristically flat, graphic style that blends psychedelic imagery with conceptual narrative. The work evokes a hypnotic stillness, merging the personal unconscious with broader mythological and ideological symbolism. Pepperstein's precise, almost illustrative linework contrasts with the expansive mystery of sleep, transforming a mundane human state into a portal of surreal, visionary experience.