Olympic posters

No particular objection myself to them as single pieces (but i don't "get" Emin... publicist extraordinare...?) or objection to "modern art". Big fan of Anish Kapoor for instance.

There is just nothing very olympic-values-y or olympic-y about them is there? A bit "here's one i made earlier, that would do" ?

Its easy to rubbish modern art but I like them. I Particularly like the Howard Hodgkins, Bridget Riley and Chris Ofili posters, the others are okay, even Tracey Emin's. I agree they don't immediately make me think of the Olympic Games but on closer inspection they do. eg Bridget Rileys lines running across the page or what I really like is the swimmer in the swirl of blue in the Howard Hodgkins poster - think I might buy this one.

I too am pretty indifferent to sport for myself (watch a bit of Wimbledon, that is all) and have huge reservations about the cost of the olympics and the security issues.
But now I just feel embarrassed - the mascot (what is this thing? - what madman chose it?) - and now the posters. The international community will think we have completely lost our marbles!

And they want to charge £7.00 per poster for this ? unbelieveable my little DGS could do better,in fact he has done better.

Oh dear - it all sounds awful. Thank goodness I'm indifferent to sport in all its forms. (Which would probably endanger my Australian citizenship if they found out...)

..at least the Chris Ofili [sp] one didn't have his customary elephant poo on it [breathes sigh of relief...]

The Bridget Riley one is just 'a Bridget Riley'; nothing about it says 'Olympic Games'. I like the Sarah Morris, Michael Craig Martin and Fiona Banner ones. Tracey Emin's is just rubbish [as ever]. There was a lovely Olympic poster in Next that I liked; it was very retro, like an old advertising poster [which I assume it was!]. As for the logo; words fail me...let's design something cuddly for kids and adults alike; I know, a cyclops would be perfect...

I think the king is in the all together, the all together, as naked as the day that he was born…

I think the artists are frankly taking the p... and laughing all the way to the bank

Oh dear oh dear. It is difficult to know what they are going to look like with added text... I am bemused. After the logo and the mascots... did nobody tell them that if you want to sell cute mascot toys they need TWO EYES. Fundamental bit of human psychology.
These posters are all over the place aren't they. Not much London and not a lot of olympics involved. No brief given maybe? Short rude word.
I guess it will all be a raging success despite the logo, mascots and posters. i hope.

i thought the thread was about us having some Olympic posters on here..silly me!

Totally agree yogagran ...I couldn't believe what I was looking at ...especially the "3 year old finger painting" one.

These are the things the world will judge us on next year ...awful is too kind a word for them.

I dread to think what the 'Opening ceremony' is going to be like ...cringe making no doubt!