I’m such a sucker for good advertising. If a billboard catches my eye, a commercial makes me laugh, or an ad (gasp!) compels me to buy something, I can’t help but smile, shake my fist at it and say ‘Ahhhh…ya got me!’
I mean, you can’t help but gawk at this guy as your driving down the street, right?
So we’ve seen how effective art on a billboard can be, but what about a billboard as art? Next time you’re driving south on Keystone on Indy’s north side, you can’t miss the two large billboards flanking the busy street. They feature murals with saturated colors and a loose, urban/graffiti vibe.
They are striking, artistic, and only subtly an ad.
from Flickr user DieselDemon
What’s kind of shocking about them is that they’re advertisements for Pabst Blue Ribbon. I thought they didn’t advertise? I thought that was their thing, their shtick.
