{"id":1539,"date":"2024-08-06T18:43:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T18:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/?p=1539"},"modified":"2024-09-18T11:48:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T11:48:00","slug":"otherworldly-flora-and-futuristic-creatures-by-the-haas-brothers-illuminate-the-nasher-sculpture-center-grounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/06\/otherworldly-flora-and-futuristic-creatures-by-the-haas-brothers-illuminate-the-nasher-sculpture-center-grounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Otherworldly Flora and Futuristic Creatures by the Haas Brothers Illuminate the Nasher Sculpture Center Grounds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A bizarre botanical collection sprouts from the grounds at Nasher Sculpture Center<\/a> in Dallas. A tall, spindly specimen with a droopy head illuminates a walkway, while a sprawling tree lush with strawberries looms large in a gallery. Patinaed in an otherworldly blue, these cast bronze sculptures seem like they’ve emerged from a radioactive swamp or been transplanted from a distant planet.<\/p>\n On view in the exhibition Moonlight<\/em>, the strange organisms are the latest project from fraternal twins Nikolai and Simon Haas, who work together as the Haas Brothers<\/a>. 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.”<\/p>\n