Help identifying a painting

[jinp6301]

Does anyone know what painting is on the wall at the beginning of this commercial?

[aardvark baguette]

I'd guess Jackson Pollock or its just a big ink blot.

[luvdunhill]

meh. Kandinsky?

[swt61]

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, 2009 by swt61

[jinp6301]

Heh. Well, I thought it looked pretty cool I guess I know nothing about art

[swt61]

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.

[aardvark baguette]

I guess I know nothing about art

neither did my art teachers

[Duggeh]

Why is the lizard British?

[jinp6301]

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.

[diebenkorn]

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).

[swt61]

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.

[Duggeh]

From Wiki

What a dissapointingly mundane reason.

Means he got the name of the snack right though.

[swt61]

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.

[Dusty Chalk]

There's a painting?

[aRc]

Didn't you hear? The gecko was fired for spending "the first dollar" and was smashed by the Webster Dictionary on the desk.