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Kiyooka developed a specific artistic philosophy regarding her work. She often spoke about capturing a unique quality she termed . In interviews, she stated:

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: Part of a $20 million investment in northern Nigeria, this facility is designed to be Africa's largest tomato processing plant. Kiyooka has spoken about growing petit tomatoes on

Kiyooka has spoken about growing petit tomatoes on her balcony in Tokyo. They’re smaller than cherry tomatoes, almost jewel-like. In Petit Tomato , she isolates one on a pale celadon ground (reminiscent of Japanese aibyo — the art of incidental details). But the tomato is slightly too perfect. It has no stem, no blemish. It’s the Platonic ideal of a tomato, which makes it slightly uncanny. Is it a fruit? A heart? A bomb? But the tomato is slightly too perfect