Flower Art: Makoto Azuma

Name: Flower Art: Makoto Azuma
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9780500210291
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Makoto Azuma transforms the ephemeral beauty of flowers and plants into extraordinary art through sculptures, installations, and interactive events that challenge the boundaries between nature and artifice. From founding a floral atelier in 2002 to creating global experimental botanical artworks with AMKK, Azuma's works span deserts, frozen tundras, underwater realms, and even space. This book presents over sixty of his breathtaking projects in stunning photography, offering the most comprehensive collection of his innovative floral art.
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Ideal for fans of contemporary art, experimental photography, and botanical design, this book appeals to readers interested in creative floral artistry and innovative visual expression.

The most comprehensive showcase ever published of Azuma Makoto’s astonishing flower art and botanical sculpture.

The most comprehensive showcase ever published of Azuma Makoto's astonishing flower art and botanical sculpture

Description

The art of Makoto Azuma uses flowers and plants as its starting point, but juxtaposes their timeless yet transient beauty with an incredibly diverse range of striking settings. In a series of sculptures, installations and interactive events, he delights in blurring the boundaries between nature and artifice.

Azuma founded the floral atelier Jardins des Fleurs in 2002, taking commissions from private clients as well as brands and corporations, both in Japan and all over the world. His parallel career as an artist began in 2005 and involves creating and exhibiting artworks that turn flowers and plants into a medium for self-expression.

In 2008, Azuma founded AMKK (Azuma Makoto Kaju Kenkyujo), a group specializing in experimental floral creation, with the aim of seeking new forms of botanical beauty and new ways to exhibit them. His works have travelled the globe, from barren deserts to frozen expanses, from thousands of feet below the sea to the very edge of space.

Featuring more than sixty projects captured in breathtaking photography, this beautiful book is the most comprehensive showcase of Azuma's art ever published.

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Royal Photographic Society Journal praises the book for pushing "the boundaries of art and photography to the outer limits with bold, adventurous installations portraying flowers and trees in environments where normally they could never exist."

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780500210291

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 18 June 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Illustration: Illustrated throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 223.0mm

Height: 296.0mm

Weight: 1750g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

Makoto Azuma co-founded the floral atelier Jardins des Fleurs in 2002 with photographer Shunsuke Shiinoki. Azuma has since become internationally renowned for his extraordinary 'botanical sculptures', which he has exhibited extensively in New York City and Europe - and even shot into space. Azuma and Shiinoki have collaborated on three volumes of Encyclopedia of Flowers.