The Friday Fillip

What is it that Slaw does not do, lawyers do only discreetly, and everyone else does pretty much all the time?

Advertise, of course. And what’s one of the big names in that trade?

ساعاتجي.

Saatchi, that is. Well, Saatchi and Saatchi, actually: brothers Maurice (the Baron) and Charles (Mr. Nigella Lawson). This isn’t about their careers in advertising, however — though that’s an interesting tale all in itself. No, it’s a fillip about a small portion of the home page of Charles’ Saatchi Online site, which is an offshoot, so to speak, of his Saatchi Gallery of contemporary art.

The portion that caught my eye, and that I hope will delight yours, is the animated image at the top of the page portraying women as painted by artists. It is, in effect, a movie of women’s heads morphing from one to the next and the next, smoothly and so effectively that you might imagine they were all sisters. I don’t know how long this movie will stay as the lead item on the page, so go and have a look soon. If by chance it’s gone when you get around to it, I made a short copy of a portion of the film, which you can access by clicking on the image to the left. But the original is better.

And while you’re on the Saatchi site, look around: there’s a ton of interesting stuff about art — and if you’re looking to buy, you’ll see that Saatchi offers young artists a place to display and sell their wares without any commission.