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February 23, 2011
How Advertising Saved Art, Pixar And (Maybe) Creativity
By Rohit Bhargava
There was a time when Pixar nearly went out of business. Yes, the studio that has been essentially printing their own money thanks to an unbroken string of hits like the Toy Story trilogy, Monsters Inc and Finding Nemo was not always so invincible. In the early 90s, Pixar was in danger of going bankrupt, and to stay afloat they produced animated commercials for brands like Tropicana, Listerine and LifeSavers. Turning to advertising helped Pixar to survive, and go on to produce some of the most artistic and beloved animated films of all time.

In the world of fine art, Andy Warhol is the most iconic of a long line of artists who have collaborated with the advertising industry to create marketing messages and merge them with art to create lasting images. A few years ago I even had the opportunity to work on a project with an independent artist named Julian Beever who is known to the world as...

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