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Tidying up art ursus wehrli shares his vision for a cleaner, more organized, tidier form of art by deconstructing the paintings of modern masters into their component pieces, sorted by color and size. Organizational skills arent usually something you look for in an artist, but in ursus wehrli s case, theyre definitely something of value. Ursus wehrlis book the art of tidy up turns organisation. Already a bestseller in germany, this compulsive title has sold more than 100,000 copies in less than a year, and the fastidiously arranged images have garnered blog love from npr, brain pickings. Mar 28, 20 complement the art of clean up with wehrlis equally charming tidying up art and these deconstructed grids of famous cities, likely inspired by wehrlis work. But since im here at ted, i decided to hold my talk here in a more modern way, in the spirit of ted here, and i managed to do some slides here for you. Hes most well known for his entertaining ted talk tidying up art where he presents the work of famous artists like jaspen johns and paul klee except in a deconstructed and organized output.
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Ursus wehrli, a swiss comedian and experimental artist, shows us how modern art should really look like. Wehrli argues that while he likes art he is systematically disturbed by many of historys most famous artworks being highly unordered and chaotic. He came up with the idea of tidying up art along the way to picking up bread one morning while being caught by surprise by the onset of winter, freezing his ears off. Ursus wehrli ted talk great idea for a class project based on different pieces of art work. After his two bestselling books on tidying up art he deconstructs the works from famous artists his latest book is called the art of tidying up mr. A hilarious reconfiguration of important paintings, comedian ursus w. Biography and booking information for ursus wehrli, comedian and cabaret artist ursus wehrli is on a crusade to tidy up art contact all american speakers bureau to inquire about speaking fees and availability, and book the best keynote speaker for your next event. Apr 11, 20 ursus wehrli is a lefthanded, broadthinking, professional typographer.
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