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Superhuman Nude

Poster
2012 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fiona Banner creates nude studies from life, transcribing visual appearances into a verbal description. These ‘wordscapes’ define the shapes and forms of the body as well as fleeting moments such as the tension in a second of shared eye contact, or a nervous finger tapping. Banner’s print is a nude study of a Paralympic cyclist. Her description presents him as though he is more a sculptural form than a human being – a piercing rod of muscle, steel buttocks, rhythmic rigidity of form – and this sense is only heightened by his carbon prosthetic leg. The focus is on strength and physicality.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSuperhuman Nude (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Brief description
'Superhuman Nude' poster by Fiona Banner for London 2012 Olympic Games; UK, 2012
Physical description
poster showing text in black and white against a background of black ink wash
Dimensions
  • Height: 76cm
  • Width: 60cm
Credit line
Given by LOCOG and Counter Editions
Association
Summary
Fiona Banner creates nude studies from life, transcribing visual appearances into a verbal description. These ‘wordscapes’ define the shapes and forms of the body as well as fleeting moments such as the tension in a second of shared eye contact, or a nervous finger tapping. Banner’s print is a nude study of a Paralympic cyclist. Her description presents him as though he is more a sculptural form than a human being – a piercing rod of muscle, steel buttocks, rhythmic rigidity of form – and this sense is only heightened by his carbon prosthetic leg. The focus is on strength and physicality.
Bibliographic reference
Timmers, Margaret, A Century of Olympic Posters (V&A: 2008)
Collection
Accession number
E.270-2012

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Record createdNovember 26, 2013
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