The dripping black background of this painting is supposed to be a nude study of a Paralympic athlete. But we can’t concentrate long enough to make that out. Not with choice phrases such as “Steel buttocks,” “Nipples weightless” and “Absurdly Muscly” stamped all over the poster.
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.
Superhuman Nude by Fiona Banner
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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