GM: Take A Look At Intelligent Auto Advertising

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My fellow Americans—how does it feel to be paying for new GM cars without, you know, actually receiving a new GM car? While the now-bankrupt and bailed-out American automaker is using flags and footballs and foolery to try to kiss and make up after fucking us in the ass without lube, Toyota Australia is actually giving back to the community while simultaneously smartly selling its subcompact Yaris. These billboards, by Saatchi & Saatchi Australia, are simply the best auto ads I’ve ever seen; though the smug “Clever” in the headlines almost completely ruins the campaign for me. The idea is clever Toyota, you don’t need to say it. Jump for the third board. Read more »

Artists Blew People Away With Landmine Sculptures


In case you missed the closing of Blake Ward’s “Fragments” exhibit last week at Chelsea Towers—that featured mutilated torso sculptures intended to foster dialog about unexploded landmines—here’s what you missed. Each piece was made out of bronze and named after a different unexploded ordinance from his experiences in mostly Vietnam. Although the work is inspired by his work in war torn countries from more than 20 years ago, with the war in Iraq soon to be reaching a 30,000 US soldiers wounded milestone, this exhibit resounds a lot louder. Here’s the whole collection of hacked up bronzes. |Chelsea Now|