Source: Adweek
Fine art has been an inspiration for a lot of great advertising lately, including the Cannes Lions Grand Prix winners “Van Gogh Bnb” and “The Next Rembrandt” from 2016. Ogilvy Chicago continues that tradition in 2017 with a playful, irresistible campaign for Kiwi shoe polish in which the agency imagined, and then painted, the bottom half of famous artworks—to show the subject’s shoes.
The “Portraits Completed” campaign won a gold Lion and a bronze Lion in Print & Publishing contest at the Cannes festival on Monday. But the campaign extended beyond the excellent print work.
Ogilvy organized an exhibition of the paintings, with a humorous audio tour that gave lots of real art history but also cleverly worked the brand into the narrative. The agency also partnered with a museum app that replicated the experience via augmented reality. All of which helped the campaign snag a silver Lion and two bronze Lions in Outdoor as well. Check out the audio tour below, along with all the complete portraits.
