Every year since 1912, the city hosting the Olympics or Paralympic Games commissioned at least one poster project to celebrate. A hundred years later, London commissioned twelve posters, by some of the most acclaimed British visual artists of the day. These include Fiona Banner (pictured below), Michael Craig-Martin, Martin Creed (below, bottom), Tracey Emin (below), Anthea Hamilton, Howard Hodgkin, Gary Hume, Sarah Morris, Chris Ofili, Bridget Riley, Bob and Roberta Smith (below) and Rachel Whiteread. The Tate Modern held an exhibition of the works to coincide with the 2012 games.
The Olympic posters:
Martin Creed "Work No. 1273”
Anthea Hamilton “Divers"
Howard Hodgkin “Swimming"
Chris Ofili "For the Unknown Runner”
Bridget Riley "Rose Rose”
Rachel Whiteread "LOndOn 2O12.”
The Paralympic posters:
Fiona Banner "Superhuman Nude”
Michael Craig-Martin “GO"
Tracey Emin "Birds 2012”
Gary Hume“Capital"
Sarah Morris "Big Ben 2012”
Bob and Roberta Smith "LOVE.”
Martin Creed also created “Work No. 1197: All the Bells in a Country Rung as Loudly as Possible for Three Minutes,” to take place from 8 to 8:03 a.m. on July 27, the first day of the Olympics. The festival’s web site explained that the idea was to encourage the entire nation “to ring thousands of bells at the same time, whether school bells, church bells, town hall bells, bicycle bells or doorbells.
The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers refused to participate n the project, stating "We are not able to work closely with this project as we believe it is misconceived … We think 8am is not the right time for ringing in very many towers … We do not believe ringing for three minutes nor ringing as fast as possible is really suitable for church bell ringers.”
A smaller group of enthusiasts visited the clock tower known as Big Ben and brought their own bells. Watch the short video, here.
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