The Haas Brothers: Uncanny Valley opens at New York City's Museum of Arts and Design as the duo's largest museum exhibition to date. The exhibition brings together 85 works created between 2014 and 2025, including new commissions, and was curated by Laura Mott of Cranbrook Art Museum. The presentation spans sculpture, ceramics, painting, furniture, and process studies, documenting the evolution of the brothers' collaborative practice. The works incorporate materials including antique Venetian glass beads and ceramics while examining recurring themes through anthropomorphic forms, biomorphic figures, and collectible design.
The exhibition includes the Accretion ceramic series inspired by coral growth alongside botanical sculptures composed of thousands of glass beads. The galleries also feature algorithmically generated landscapes and self-generating sculptural forms that introduce digital processes into the studio's practice.
Museum Design Exhibitions
The Haas Brothers: Uncanny Valley is a Exhibition of Design and Art
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