Dallas’ Nasher Sculpture Center has been transformed into an extraterrestrial Eden through Nikolai and Simon Haas’ exhibition, Moonlight. This surreal journey invites viewers into a realm of bizarre and mesmerizing forms, where towering, graceful plants with drooping heads and trees bearing giant, luminescent strawberries seem to originate from a distant galaxy.

Each sculpture in this collection stands as a unique organism, a testament to the artists’ fertile imagination. Bronze trees, cloaked in an otherworldly blue patina, are at once familiar and utterly alien. Their peculiar shapes evoke visions of radioactive mutations or the whimsical results of cross-breeding the most fantastical flora.

The Haas brothers possess a remarkable talent for transforming ordinary objects into magical beings. Take, for instance, “Emergent Zoidberg,” a sculpture inspired by a character from the animated series Futurama.

This rotund figure, equipped with a cyclopean lamp for an eye, rotates on its axis, offering a mesmerizing spectacle that captivates onlookers. Similarly, the wooden snake Wiggly, with its sinuous body, reinterprets a familiar image within an entirely new context.

Employing modern technologies such as 3D modeling, the artists breathe life into their fantasies. Yet, despite the digital underpinnings, their works radiate warmth and humanity, inviting viewers to forge a connection with each piece.

Moonlight serves as an enchanting invitation to a magical world where imagination reigns supreme. It offers a delightful escape from the mundane, allowing one to immerse themselves in an atmosphere reminiscent of a fairy tale, where the boundaries of reality dissolve into whimsy.