August 15, 200916 yr Does anyone know what painting is on the wall at the beginning of this commercial?
August 16, 200916 yr From the ad agency... "We do not have artist for the ‘ink blot’ painting featured in GEICO’s “Trust Exercise” TV spot. It was just something thrown together on set by a prop assistant and then tweaked electronically in edit." I believe that's the same painting they're talking about. meh. Kandinsky? Kandinsky is for the most part a cubist, who uses vivid colors in his paintings, so I thought you were way off base. But after a little digging I did find this... So it would seem you were not so far off after all. Edited August 16, 200916 yr by swt61
August 16, 200916 yr Author Heh. Well, I thought it looked pretty cool I guess I know nothing about art
August 16, 200916 yr Heh. Well, I thought it looked pretty cool I guess I know nothing about art It doesn't have to be by a famous artist to be cool. 'Buy what you like' is a good rule to go by.
August 16, 200916 yr Author From Wiki The GEICO gecko The company's ads sometimes focus on its reptilian mascot, Martin the Gecko, an anthropomorphic Day Gecko created by The Martin Agency and most recently a CGI creature generated by Framestore CFC. The gecko first appeared in 1999 during the Screen Actors Guild strike that prevented the use of live actors.[1] In the original commercial, where the gecko pleads for people to stop calling him in error, mistaking gecko for GEICO, he was voiced by Kelsey Grammer. In the subsequent commercials, the gecko speaks with an English (Cockney) accent[citation needed], because it would be unexpected, according to Martin Agency's Steve Bassett. Jake Wood, a British actor and comedian, is the current voice of the GEICO gecko. In current commercials the gecko's accent is more working-class, perhaps in an effort to further "humanize" him.[2] "As computer animation got better and as we got to know the character better, we did a few things," says Steve Bassett, creative director at The Martin Agency. "We wanted to make him a little more guy-next-door. And he looks a lot more real than he's looked before."[1] A recent series of ads show a nature show host, clearly patterned on David Attenborough, attempting to observe the gecko and obtain footage, but failing to do so. "'E's giving me the 'eebie-jeebies," the lizard confides.
August 16, 200916 yr Mine did (some, some...), def not Pollock looks contemporary. I can't identify it doesnt look like anyone famous. Pretty sure not Twombly a little too centered (more graphic may not even be a painting just some graphic design).
August 16, 200916 yr Why is the lizard British? Even more odd is that GEICO stands for Government Employee Insurance Company, so a British mascot for a company catering to U.S. Government employees seems stranger yet. Although the company has offered insurance to the general public for quite some time now.
August 16, 200916 yr From Wiki What a dissapointingly mundane reason. Means he got the name of the snack right though.
August 16, 200916 yr What a dissapointingly mundane reason. Means he got the name of the snack right though. Surely you didn't expect something more clever? This is after all American advertising.
August 22, 200916 yr Didn't you hear? The gecko was fired for spending "the first dollar" and was smashed by the Webster Dictionary on the desk.
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