Perhaps it's my own OCD tendencies, but I greatly enjoyed Monk, the TV show about a brilliant detective with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Given that and a prejudice in favor of my country-in-law, how could I resist Ursus Wehrli, the Swiss artist and comedian whose concept of order stands out even in the country of precision watches and trains you can set those watches by. (H/T Jon)
Wehrli's TED lecture, Tidying Up Art, shows what I mean. If you think modern art is just a little too random, Wehrli's your man.
(Ahem. I may be stretching my bragging rights here, but my reaction on listening to his accent was that his native tongue may be Swiss German, but I'd bet it wasn't Basel-Deutsch. Turns out he lives in Zurich. The Basel accent is more melodious, I think.)
Wehrli doesn't stop with artworks: alphabet soup, fruit bowls, sunbathers, pine branches, and parking lots are only a few of the objects that capture his attention. Here's a video of the artist in action. It helps to speak German, but you'll get the point even if you don't.
Here's another; I found it interesting in spite of the language barrier, though I'm sure my German-speaking readers will appreciate it more. (Actually, I put that sentence in just so I could write, "my German-speaking readers.")
And finally, here's one just for fun, with subtitles.
