7.10.2008
Add-Art Replaces Online Ads With Works of Art
Are you fed up with the ever growing number of ads that take up space on your favorite websites? Well, we've got a way for you to turn those pesky ads into gorgeous works of art. Add-Art, a free new plugin for Mozilla's Firefox web browser replaces advertising on websites with curated art images. How cool is that?Every two weeks the makers of Add-Art update the art shown with new images featuring contemporary artists and curators. For instance, this week's images are "Black Monochrome Paintings Cropped and Optimized For The Web" hand selected by Charles Broskoski. Among the artists featured in Broskoski's collection are paintings from modern masters like Rauchenberg, Kelly, Malevich, Marden, Reinhardt, and Rothko. Add-Art is partially supported by the New Museum/Rhizome in New York City and provides small stipends for artists and curators for their participation.
This unique plugin was developed by Steve Lambert, an artist who heads up the Anti Advertising Agency. Those of us who already use AdBlockPlus to defeat online advertising will be happy to know that Add-Art gets along famously with that plugin. While Add-Art doesn't currently work with the just-released Firefox 3.0 a new compatible version should be available within a week or two. To say goodbye to annoying banners forever simply head over to Add-Art's website and install this incredible new plugin.
The PimpWiz.com Bottom Line: Add-Art replaces online advertising with fine works of art.
Labels: Firefox, Scott Bernstein
