Big Ben 2012
Poster
2012 (printed and published)
2012 (printed and published)
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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.
Object details
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| Title | Big Ben 2012 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | 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 |
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| Credit line | Given by LOCOG and Counter Editions |
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| 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)
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| Accession number | E.264-2012 |
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| Record created | April 11, 2012 |
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