'Bouquets to Art' exhibit at de Young Museum celebrates 40th year in full bloom

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From the vertical elegance of classical statue, to a field of billowing cotton balls captured in an oil painting, the arrangements add a new dimension of shape and color to the artworks they're placed in front of.

Now in its 40th year, the "Bouquets to Art" exhibit at the de Young Museum infuses floral arrangements to mirror and celebrate traditional art.Floral artist Soho Sakai approaches flowers the way a sculptor sees a perfect piece of marble.Trained in Japan, she's brought her creations to life over four decades at the de Young Museum's annual "Bouquets to Art" exhibit.

For creator Leslie Kaye, images of the metal hardware on a rooftop became the vase and stand for her arrangement."We knew we wanted tall rectangular copper. The inspiration was this copper rectangle that's all weathered," she says, pointing to a section of the painting. "Over the years, 'Bouquets to Art' has raised something like $9 million for the fine arts museums, and its art in its own right," says Thomas Campbell, director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

 

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