Strange Creatures Lurk in a Sculpture Garden #ArtTuesday
Who says fine arts and science fiction can’t coexist? At the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, the Haas Brothers have populated the ground with creatures that might have stepped out of Fantastic Planet. Here’s more from COLOSSAL:
On view in the exhibition Moonlight, the strange organisms are the latest project from fraternal twins Nikolai and Simon Haas, who work together as the Haas Brothers. The pair conjure a magical nighttime glow with formidable sculptures that double as lamps. Outfitted with lights, each work approaches functionality with a fantastical bent, preferring to radiate from suspended glass strawberries or a singular, cycloptic bulb in the case of “Emergent Zoidberg.”
A tribute to a character from Matt Groening’s animated series Futurama, the plump figure twists around and cranks its neck sideways, its flailing mouth frills encircling the light. Other childhood favorites figure into the exhibition, too, including the Wooden Wiggly Snake with its signature writhing body. The brothers emulated such familiar forms through 3D computer graphics software, ultimately transforming a simple streetlamp into a whimsical character.
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