re: Is art better than advertising?

Kevin Gordon — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:07:27 GMT

Art will always be better than advertising because it has no brand to please.

It doesn't even have to please its viewer. It may even make us feel extremely uncomfortable, and that's great art. Damien Hirst's For the love of God. I hated it. I still do. Not for what it is, but for what it means, whereas Shark in Formaldehyde I love, and still do. Both are great works of art for different reasons. Banksy is the one I love most of all. Some of his work in London still goes unnoticed on the walls of London. He doesn't care. for him, art is for the people.

One artist in particular caught my attention at the D&AD Student showyesterday. Neil Hanlon from Derby University. Bold confident brush strokes with strange grotesque figures. You can feel the passion. Other than Nike, and other sports brands, when do you feel the passion ignite when you see a logo at the end of an ad/ Normally it's a let-down. Only the passionate truly hit the heights, because they

give part of themselves to the idea, and go beyond reason.

Those of us old enough to remember the Silk Cut Slash when it first came out remember what massive impact it had. It didn't need any words. The Slash was the brand. The Government health warning gave us an easy clue to the product category job for us all. It worked on so many levels.

If you were anti-smoking, the message was clear.

If you was a Silk Cut smoker, the message was clear.

If you couldn't care less, the message was clear.

Each message was different.

Each was clear.

Art has no message other than our own free interpretation:

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re: Is art better than advertising?

Chris Ware — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:53:42 GMT

Inspiring stuff Chris, thank you. Perhaps all art is not quite useless.

Perhaps it can make us think. And act.

re: Is art better than advertising?

CHRIS ARNOLD — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:58:19 GMT

If you want to see the sexy Soho Piano go to This Is Jack blog and scroll down to 'customised piano'.

thisisjack.wordpress.com