Modern Ikebana: A New Wave in Floral Design Subject / Drawing It is rare

It is rare

These Indigenous men travelled to the archipelagos of the north-west of Western Australia

but in the ensuing decades his practice developed to be wide-ranging and dynamic

abstract art quickly became a global phenomenon

Written from an Indigenous perspective

Modern Ikebana: A New Wave in Floral Design Subject / Drawing It is rareIf you think of flower arranging as an occupation for florists in pursuit of the perfect dome, think again. Because there is a generation of radical new artists who are reinventing what it means to arrange flowers, many of them inspired by the Japanese art of ikebana. Since its origins in the 6th century, ikebana has been as much a philosophy as an art, with its roots in Zen Buddism and a reverence for nature. Over hundreds of years it has developed a