I love this Playhouse installation by Dietrich Wegner. Somewhere between atomic aftermath and heaven…

When an image stands in limbo, between associations, it occupies a flexible place in our mind. Wegner creates images that are safe and unsettling, abject and beautiful…Often Wegner chooses materials that contradict an aspect of an image while striving towards a realistic depiction of the image.

A mushroom cloud is fluffy like synthetic cotton, yet a Poly-fil mushroom cloud becomes fun and cozy…The ephemeral beauty of a mushroom cloud is frightening, how it floats for a minute, delicate and blooming, yet remains chaotic and utterly destructive. We experience a contradiction between what our eyes enjoy and what our mind knows.

Dietrich Wegner