Going for the Gold
dal 20/7/2012 al 25/8/2012
Segnalato da
20/7/2012
Going for the Gold
The Speed Art Museum, Louisville
Selections from the Kebric Olympic Collection
Coinciding with the 2012 summer Olympics, this exhibition features twenty-four Olympic torches and posters from the collection of Dr. Robert Kebric, senior professor of Ancient Greek and Roman History at the University of Louisville. Representing nearly a century of Olympic games-from the 1920 games in Antwerp, Belgium, to this summer's 30th Olympiad in London, England-these torches and posters feature unique designs and imagery intended to promote not only the sporting event, but the also the host cities themselves. This exhibition traces the evolution and significance of the designs utilized for Olympic torches and posters, from the propagandistic undertones of the poster created for the 1936 Berlin games to the ancient Greek origins of the games referenced in the torch designed for the 1996 games in Atlanta.