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the art of clean up












Ursus Wehrli is a Swiss artist made famous by his Tidying Up Art books that re-arrange famous works of art into tidy sets of painting components that feel like infographics dedicated to how art is created. I love the direction of his new book The Art of Clean Up as Ursus organizes common objects or everyday scenes into orderly parts and colour palettes. Have you ever looked at pine branches or alphabet soup in such a fascinating way? I have always stared at parking lots and thought about the colour order that could be created so I love how Ursus made a scene of colour theory out of such an everyday place. The book comes out next month and I can’t wait to see what other things have been “tidied” by Ursus’ clever mind. Organizing never looked so good…

(spotted on hunter harmony’s pinterest via things organized neatly & this is colossal)

POSTED ON August 29, 2011

LABELS: art, artists & designers, many colours, pattern & texture, photography   7 Comments   Tweet This

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6 comments

Dominique Brammah
August 29, 2011 at 4:41 pm


AHH!H!HH!H!H!H!HH!
Love this!!!! Thanks for the mention C!!!
Dominique & Hunter Harmony xx

plentyofcolour
August 29, 2011 at 5:18 pm


my pleasure dominique! your pinterest is a constant source of colourful inspiration :)

rooth
August 29, 2011 at 8:39 pm


Oh my wow – this is so completely fun! I really enjoy reading your posts – it’s perfect eye candy!

Edgar Almeida
August 30, 2011 at 7:45 am


love it. That’s one of those “simple” things that looks amazing and makes you think “why didn’t i had an amazing idea like that?!” going to share…

plentyofcolour
August 31, 2011 at 7:39 pm


Thanks Rooth. So happy you stop by! Oh and I agree Edgar. I now can’t stop reading pulling things apart in Ursus style…

Zeila
September 3, 2011 at 11:17 am


I love it! Crack on laghing at every new situation! I´m crazy about organization an these sets are so neat! Me and my 10 year old son organize his metal cars just like that! Nice! And polka-dots…super!

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