LOndOn 2012
Poster
2012 (printed and published)
2012 (printed and published)
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While Rachel Whiteread is best known for her sculptural work, drawing has remained a critical part of her practice. She has described drawing as being like a diary of her work, and memory remains a key theme. For LOndOn 2012 she reinterprets the Olympic rings emblem into a pattern of overlapping circles in the Olympic colours, suggestive of marks left by the bottoms of bottles or glasses and perhaps alluding to the memories of a social gathering or celebration.
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Title | LOndOn 2012 (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
Brief description | 'LOndOn 2012' poster by Rachel Whiteread for London 2012 Olympic Games; UK, 2012 |
Physical description | poster showing dripping ringmarks in the Olympic colours |
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Credit line | Given by LOCOG and Counter Editions |
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Summary | While Rachel Whiteread is best known for her sculptural work, drawing has remained a critical part of her practice. She has described drawing as being like a diary of her work, and memory remains a key theme. For LOndOn 2012 she reinterprets the Olympic rings emblem into a pattern of overlapping circles in the Olympic colours, suggestive of marks left by the bottoms of bottles or glasses and perhaps alluding to the memories of a social gathering or celebration. |
Bibliographic reference | Timmers, Margaret, A Century of Olympic Posters (V&A: 2008)
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Accession number | E.269-2012 |
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Record created | November 26, 2013 |
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