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20/6/2012

Olympic and Paralympic Posters

Tate Britain, London

Since 1912, each Olympic Host City has commissioned one or more posters to celebrate the hosting of the Games. The official posters of the Games are now themselves a unique celebration of 100 years of the meeting of art and sport, and a body of iconic work has been created over the last century.

London 2012 wanted to ensure that both the London Olympic and Paralympic Games had their own official poster and commissioned six of the UK's leading artists to create images to celebrate next year's Olympic Games, and six of the UK's leading artists to create their images to celebrate hosting the Paralympic Games.

Sir Nicholas Serota and a distinguished panel invited Martin Creed, Anthea Hamilton, Howard Hodgkin, Chris Ofili, Bridget Riley, Rachel Whiteread to create images for the Olympic Games, and Fiona Banner, Michael Craig-Martin, Tracey Emin, Gary Hume, Sarah Morris and Bob and Roberta Smith to create images for the Paralympic Games.

Each image is a distinct interpretation of either the Olympic or Paralympic Games by the individual artists and the diversity of the series demonstrates the extraordinary creative talent that exists across the UK.

Artists: Fiona Banner, Michael Craig-Martin, Tracey Emin, Gary Hume, Sarah Morris, Bob and Roberta Smith, Martin Creed, Anthea Hamilton, Howard Hodgkin, Chris Ofili, Bridget Riley, Rachel Whiteread

The images are available to buy as both posters and limited edition prints. The posters are available to order on the London 2012 online shop (www.london2012.com/shop) and the limited edition prints will also be available from Counter Editions, who can be contacted on London2012@countereditions.com or on 020 7684 8888.

For further information contact Selina Jones / Alex O’Neill, Tate Press Office
Call 020 7887 4906/8732 Email pressoffice@tate.org.uk Visit www.tate.org.uk

Tate Britain
Millbank - London
Exhibition Hours: every day, 10.00-18.00

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