FLOWERS TO ARTS initiates exhibition and educational projects at the interface between floristry and art, which are realized in collaboration with museums in Switzerland and abroad.
In the exhibition projects, floral art and visual art meet at eye level: florists and flower designers deal with a work of art from the museum’s collection and interpret it with their creative means. The artwork and its floral counterpart thus enter into an exciting dialogue that takes up and addresses the art-historically rich relationship between flowers and art in a new way.
With its projects, FLOWERS TO ARTS enables outstanding florists to present their creations in the artistically sophisticated environment of an art museum. By collaborating with FLOWERS TO ARTS, art museums are given the opportunity to present works from their holdings in a unique, attractive way, thus drawing the attention of a broad public to the collection.
9th edition at the Aargauer Kunsthaus in Aarau, from March 6, 2023 – March 12, 2023.
Diverse and very popular
Published on 13 March 2023 by Flowers to arts
The ninth edition of Flowers to arts was a great success. The participating florists, including the two master florists Johann Obendrauf and Petra Hütter from Graz (AUT), created 14 diverse and high quality floral creations that delighted around 16,000 visitors. The flower and art lovers may already note the dates of the next edition from 5 to 10 March 2024 in the agenda. Then the anniversary edition will take place!
The association FLOWERS TO ARTS would like to thank all those who contributed to the success of the exhibition.
Floral interpretation: Andrea Lehmann
Painting: Cercles et barres 1934, Artist: Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889-1943) was one of the most important Swiss artists of the 20th century and a pioneer of geometric-constructivist art. From 1931 onwards, she pursued a simplified pictorial language dedicated to the sensitive balance between colour and form. Cercles et barres (Circles and Strokes) – a major work from this period – is a playful balancing act of geometries. The circles in red, blue, yellow, green and grey float almost weightlessly above the white background.
For Andrea Lehmann, Sophie Taeuber-Arp’s painting has something playful and lively about it despite its geometric-constructive formal language: for the florist, it looks like a mood board, in other words a kind of collage with atmospheric images for the development of a work: the search for balance in life and in art served as inspiration for the floral interpretation of the painting. Various types of weaving can be found in the technical construction of the work – the piece balances above a vase, floating effortlessly like a dancer.
Photographie: (c)Werner Mäder, Uetikon
