Gothamist: When Advertising Meets Grafitti...

Samantha T

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:49:41 -0500

Thank you, Juliette. I also learned this in high school Latin. I think the posters are really cool and have more to do with being historically pertinent than appealing to a city audience.

Juliette

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:04:29 -0500

If any of you have watched "Rome", you would know that graffiti was an extremely popular form of political and social dissent during this period. Many of the Roman elite were at one time or another slandered or mocked in the form of graffiti. In fact, the opening animated credits of "Rome" show this. I think the posters play off this a bit. I like them.

Alexia

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:49:55 -0500

"Creative" is subjective. These are pretty good, but I think New Yorkers are too jaded for graffiti advertising. Whenever I see it, I think, "Oh, way to underestimate your target market." But that's just me. I, too, liked the Nassau-G graffiti. The best are the exchanges from one graffito to another, my favorite one implying that the other commentator's mother was an unwed pregnant teen. I laughed and laughed.

Anonymous

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:21:13 -0500

My favorite advertising + (real) graffiti was on a Britney Spears poster. This was a few months after 9/11/01, it was advertising Spear's concert in NYC. On the poster was "haven't we suffered enough already?".

indeed

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:04:12 -0500

The best one is the one up in Nassau station for Man of the Year that says "shit on balls."

Rodney P. Sweetchops

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:33:23 -0500

When Advertising Meets Grafitti... NYC loses.

Anony

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:19:07 -0500

"What makes both of these posters seem clever is how nicely they fit in with the product, as well as the New York streets." Are you on crack? These have nothing to do with graffiti as an art form. And there is certainly nothing clever about them.

Jackson

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:16:37 -0500

Shouldn't the posters read : "Pulo Was A Thug" or "Atia Was A Tramp" since the show took place in ancient Rome?