Keyword: Art

Ursus Wehrli Tidies Up Art

by Lars A. Bratteberg

Funny-man Ursus Wehrli delivers an amusing talk on deconstructing paintings for them to fit his idea of orderly art. He authored the book Tidying Up Art, a proclamation of his vision for modern art to be clean, organized and more rational. Organizing component parts of paintings into groups based on colour and size, he offers a skewed look on art and creates pieces with interesting imagery in their own right.

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Kitsch is Not a Four-Letter Word

by Lars A. Bratteberg

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In the kingdom of Kitsch you might have been a monster; you might not. The term Kitsch, in relation to the painted arts, has the shadow of general misconception upon it. In it, people read poor taste, vulgarity and of being passé. It has become a collective dust bin for all ill-perceived art under the sun; an easy labeling to make.

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