Archive for the 'advertising' Category

Sabena Airlines

In the Modern Ephemera Society pool on Flickr. Wish I knew the artist, the fauvist illustration style is pretty amazing.
 

Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive

I actually remember versions of some of these maxims from high school psych class.
 

If the Copy Is an Artwork, Then What’s the Original?

After attending the Richard Prince retrospective at the Guggenheim, I was disappointed enough in the show's lack of critical interest in its own subject that my view of appropriation art may be shifting. Prince may have made a breakthrough, but now what?
 

Forgotten New York Ads

Extensive annotated photo galleries of one of New York's most distinctive features - ancient painted advertisements on the sides of buildings.