Nina Urh has based her project on the ikebana concept, transferred into the language of visual arts, within which live plants are replaced by graphic forms. The concept of ikebana is preserved, not in the sense of putting flowers in a container, but as a disciplined form of art in which nature and humanity are
Nina Urh has based her project on the ikebana concept, transferred into the language of visual arts, within which live plants are replaced by graphic forms. The concept of ikebana is preserved, not in the sense of putting flowers in a container, but as a disciplined form of art in which nature and humanity are combined. Just as parts of plants, such as stalks and leaves, are often emphasised in ikebana, stressing shapes, lines and forms is an attempt at showing mutual relations between simple forms. Also considered in creating (graphic) ikebana arrangements are principles that include the structure with three basic points (sky, earth, man), the minimalism of shapes and lines, the search for form and aesthetics, and, not least – silence.
Using ikebana as a discipline, the artist is attempting to use various visual shapes and their combinations to generate the same feeling as is created by an ikebana flower arrangement – the environment in which to calm down, to identify (with nature) through observing, to find form and relax your mind, body and soul.
Nina Urh is a landscape architect by profession. She works as an illustrator and graphic designer. Her drawings, graphic works, figural works and colours are insightful in revealing her exploratory and dreamy soul.
