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St Valentine's Day Flowers at Mondopiero

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Ikebana and Prosecco: Term 1, 2016

Learn the essence of Ikebana at Mondopiero, 28 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, Melbourne.
Our workshop in January was full house and very successful. Thank you.
Please book early. The number of seats is limited.

11 Feb 2016: Introduction to Ikebana - Level 1
3 Mar 2016: Harmony in Ikebana - Level 2
14 Apr 2016: Contrast in Ikebana - Level 3

Details: http://bit.ly/1JDMUmp

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Shoso Shimbo's eBook

Shoso has made his 2016 Reflections Collection available to purchase as an e-book.
Aus $4.99 (Print Book Aus $80).  Preview

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Meditation on Green Anthurium, Mondopiero

Three arrangements using Green Anthurium are available for sale at Mondopiero, 28 Brunswick St, Fitzroy.

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My holiday is over. Exciting new courses are starting soon.

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2016 New Ikebana Classes Start Soon

Shoso Shimbo's Ikebana courses will start soon.

1. Ikebana and Prosecco at Mondopiero, Fitzroy: Learn the essence of Ikebana in 3 workshops.

2. Japanese Aesthetics: From Ikebana to Contemporary Art at RMIT, Carlton: Applied Ikebana for designers and artists.

3. Sogetsu certificate course, Murrumbeena: Make Ikebana part of your life.

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Ikebana Today 43

Have you ever thought, “What is this?” at a contemporary art exhibition? “Even a child could make this” or “ Why does this have to be so expensive?”  If we tried to make something similar, however, our work generally would not be recognised as an artwork. What is the difference?

As I mentioned, the key is whether the work has meaning or not. There are many types of meaning that contemporary art can seek. One of them is to make comments on the modern art. So, it’s necessary to learn a bit about the modern art. But I’m not going to talk about it here. That is beyond the scope of this essay. Having said that, however, I may be able to suggest a strategy to make your art work more meaningful.

How can we make our work more meaningful as a contemporary art work? This is a very difficult question. I spent 4 years of my MFA to answer to this question. The quickest answer was proposed by Takashi Murakami. He specified 4 crucial factors to be appreciated as contemporary art works: composition, intensity, context and individuality. We can probably understand that good art work has great composition, and is intense and individual. But how about context? All of the four factors are related the meaning that artwork can create, but context is particularly important. What is it? I’m going talk about it in next issues.

This is the work I made at the corroboration with a butoh dancer, Yumi Umiumare in November 2015. While Yumi and other dancers were performing, I created this work in about 10 minutes. It was a very unusual but fun project.      

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Flower for a Special Anniversary

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New Year's Flowers for Koko Restaurant, Crown Hotel

Shoso Shimbo's flowers are on display until 3 January 2016.
Koko Japanese Restaurant, Crown Hotel, Melbourne.

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New Year's Day in Summer

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