The Mona Lisa in burger grease
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 | 03:58 PM ET
by Andree Lau, CBCnews.ca
If you consume popular culture, you will be familiar with Wendy's "Where's the beef?" and the zoom-zoom kid from Mazda commercials.
Certain ad campaigns have an instant resonance with an audience and catapult products to success.
Arby's, the roast beef sandwich chain, has released a commercial that would make traditional advertisers extremely uncomfortable. For starters, Arby's brand doesn't show up anywhere in the ad. You can also only view it online.
The one minute-24 second video shows artist Phil Hansen ordering 10 hamburgers from an unidentified drive-thru — and creating the Mona Lisa with the grease from those burgers.
The only hint that the video is part of a bigger campaign is a website address, www.burgergreaseart.com, which takes you to Arby's Roastburger page.
The tagline: "Never fried. Never greasy. The burger done better."
Now that's effective marketing.
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Comments
Melody
Now I wonder...how will the Mona Lisa look as a mural on our arteries?
Posted March 18, 2009 04:59 PM
jodie
Toronto
That video is hilarious and gross at the same time.
Posted March 18, 2009 05:59 PM
Alan Harrington
This artist does his best work in oils.
Maybe Phil could try charcoal ?
Posted March 19, 2009 07:32 PM
Boodles
Alberta
Hmmm, interesting, but is it art?
Posted March 28, 2009 09:22 AM