KATO, Hiroko
Yukio Nakagawa Ikebana Artist		Flowery Priestess 1973/ 900 Carnations, Blown glassware by Yukio Nakagawa / Photo: Naomi Maki
Ｉconsidered Yukio Nakagawa as an avant-garde Ikebana artist because of his innovative work. In his artpiece "Flowery Priestess" he made a special glassware to seal nine hundred carnations and leave them to fermentation which changed finally to liquid. I got interested what his motivation would be like to create Ikebana work in his everyday life. Therefore I arranged an interview with him at the Kirishima Open-Air Museum on April 29th, 2003. There he told me also about "the most important thing......."
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