Los Angeles art duo the Haas Brothers' first retrospective exhibition has opened at The Bass museum in Miami Beach, filled with their "fantasy reality of flora and fauna" in a spectrum of hues.
Named Ferngully after a 1992 animated film, the exhibition opened this week to coincide with the Art Basel fair and other events taking place across the Miami area.

Twins Nikolai and Simon Haas have taken over two rooms on the ground floor of the recently renovated Bass Museum of Art, showcasing a progression of their furniture and sculpture – from early works to pieces created specifically for the show.
Three years in the making, the loosely chronological exhibition is summarised by the brothers as "a personal journal of our last several years" and "a portrait of our brotherhood". "Each piece somehow almost holds a moment of emotional output for us," Nikolai told Dezeen. "It just feel into place as a journal."

Visitors first encounter a variety of pieces from the Haas' beasts series, which range in size from handheld figurines to a chaise lounge.
Covered in hair and featuring bronze limbs, the monsters gained the twins international acclaim and led to a host of commissions – including for Bass president George Lindemann, who helped them secure this show.

The exhibition also demonstrates the gradual introduction, and then rapid progression, of colour in the artists' work. They credit this shift to their experience work...