Big Ben 2012

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Artist/Maker	The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (commissioned) Counter Editions Ltd. (retailer) Pyramid International (printers) Morris, Sarah (artist)
Place of origin	UK (printed and published)

Since the mid-1990s Sarah Morris has been creating complex geometric abstract paintings derived from cityscapes and architectural detail, origami patterns, signs and symbols. To celebrate the Paralympic Games coming to London Morris has created an abstract representation of one of the city’s most iconic landmarks – Big Ben. The grids and vivid colours create a sense of dynamism and also evoke images of athletic tracks, swimming lanes and field markings.

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Categories	Posters Sport Olympics Caribbean
Object type	Poster
Title	Big Ben 2012 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Colour offset lithograph Colour Offset Lithograph
Brief description	'Big Ben 2012' poster by Sarah Morris for London 2012 Olympic Games; UK, 2012
Physical description	poster depicting an abstracted face of a clock, divided into coloured segments and shapes
Dimensions	Height: 76cm Width: 60cm
Credit line	Given by LOCOG and Counter Editions
Association	London Olympics
Summary	Since the mid-1990s Sarah Morris has been creating complex geometric abstract paintings derived from cityscapes and architectural detail, origami patterns, signs and symbols. To celebrate the Paralympic Games coming to London Morris has created an abstract representation of one of the city’s most iconic landmarks – Big Ben. The grids and vivid colours create a sense of dynamism and also evoke images of athletic tracks, swimming lanes and field markings.
Bibliographic reference	Timmers, Margaret, A Century of Olympic Posters (V&A: 2008)
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.264-2012

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Record created	April 11, 2012
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1245904/big-ben-2012-poster-morris-sarah/

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