This is the type of print we would expect to see on the wall in our parents’ house, but how does it relate to the Paralympics? Hume created this work from an image of a wheelchair tennis player. It’s assuredly abstract, but with that explanation, we can picture it.
12 Oddly Artsy Posters for the London 2012 Olympic Games
A naked cyclist, a blue blob and two lovebirds kissing are just a few of the eccentric prints created by famed British artists to represent the London Olympics and Paralympic Games.
Capital by Gary Hume
Full List
Olympics Posters
- Divers by Anthea Hamilton
- Superhuman Nude by Fiona Banner
- Big Ben 2012 by Sarah Morris
- Swimming by Howard Hodgkin
- Birds 2012 by Tracey Emin
- For the Unknown Runner by Chris Ofili
- Capital by Gary Hume
- GO by Michael Craig-Martin
- LOndOn 2O12 by Rachel Whiteread
- LOVE by Bob and Roberta Smith
- Rose Rose by Bridget Riley
- Work No. 1273 by Martin Creed