Constituting America – 2021 Christmas Auction
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"The Art of Clean Up - Life Made Neat and Tidy" by Ursus Wehrli! Awesome Book!

Item Number
311
Estimated Value
15 USD
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16 USD to jh953dd5c
Number of Bids
3  -  Bid History

Item Description

Delightful book to entertain and inspire a "neat freak."  Do you have a friend, relative who love order?  This is a fantastic book to gift him/her with! Full of whimsy and chuckles! "Organizers, prepare to swoon"!  Hardback

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"The modern world can get messy. Fortunately, Swiss artist Ursus Wehrli is a man of obsessive order, as he demonstrates with eye-catching surprise in The Art of Clean Up. 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, swissmiss, and more. Tapping into the desire for organization and the insanity of über-order, Wehrli humorously categorizes everyday objects and situations by color, size, and shape. He arranges alphabet soup into alphabetical order, sorts the night sky by star size, and aligns sunbathers' accoutrements—all captured in bright photographs sure to astonish even the pickiest of neat freaks."

Reviews:
"A surprise on every spread.... The book is a great example of how a compulsion for obsession can make for obsessively interesting art." - NYTimes.com

"Ever wish your alphabet soup was actually legible? Your fruit salad arranged into rows? Maybe not, but there's something undeniably pleasing about The Art of Clean Up, a photo book by Swiss comedian and visual artist Ursus Wehrli." -- People magazine

"Brilliant.... There's a cumulative humor to these bright, sharp photographs, and a deep puckish cleverness in Wehrli's choices. It's the rare art book that provokes laughs, while still earning admiration for color and composition; it's funny and beautiful. " - The A.V. Club

"At once utterly delightful and playfully philosophical." - Brain Pickings

"Organizers, prepare to swoon." - Fast Company.com

"The photographs are not only visually compelling, but they serve as a fascinating look into an alternative reality in which chaos has given way to careful geometry." - Cool Hunting

About the Author
Ursus Wehrli is an award-winning comedian, live performer, and freelance artist. He lives in Zurich, Switzerland.

 

Generously donated by Darian Downs!