London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games… posters
London, UK
A host of British artists have designed posters to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The posters were unveiled at Tate Britain earlier this month, along with the programme for the London 2012 Festival. The full list of contributing artists are Fiona Banner, Michael Craig-Martin, Martin Creed, Tracey Emin, Anthea Hamilton, Howard Hodgkin, Gary Hume, Sarah Morris, Chris Ofili, Bridget Riley, Bob and Roberta Smith, and Rachel Whiteread.
This post is drawn from a piece published in Creative Review, which also ran a follow-up article about the posters done for the Munich Olympics in 1972. Above: a sampling of the posters that have been unveiled…