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Tate Britain Exhibition

London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Posters

21 June – 23 September 2012
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Tracey Emin Birds 2012 London Olympic 2012 poster

Tracey Emin Birds 2012 London Olympic 2012 poster

Sara Morris Big Ben 2012 London Olympic 2012 poster

Sara Morris Big Ben 2012 London Olympic 2012 poster

Rachel Whiteread LOndOn 2O12 London Olympic 2012 poster

Rachel Whiteread LOndOn 2O12 London Olympic 2012 poster

Michael Craig-Martin GO London Olympic 2012 poster

Michael Craig-Martin GO London Olympic 2012 poster

Martin Creed Work No. 1273 London Olympic 2012 poster

Martin Creed Work No. 1273 London Olympic 2012 poster

Howard Hodgkin Swimming London Olympic 2012 poster

Howard Hodgkin Swimming London Olympic 2012 poster

Gary Hume Capital London Olympic 2012 poster

Gary Hume Capital London Olympic 2012 poster

Fiona Banner Superhuman Nude London Olympic 2012 poster

Fiona Banner Superhuman Nude London Olympic 2012 poster

Chris Ofili For the Unkown Runner London Olympic 2012 poster

Chris Ofili For the Unkown Runner London Olympic 2012 poster

Bridget Riley Rose Rose London Olympic 2012 poster

Bridget Riley Rose Rose London Olympic 2012 poster

Bob and Roberta Smith Love London Olympic 2012 poster

Bob and Roberta Smith Love London Olympic 2012 poster

Anthea Hamilton Divers London Olympic 2012 poster

Anthea Hamilton Divers London Olympic 2012 poster

London 2012 has commissioned twelve leading contemporary artists to create the official posters for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Screen prints and lithographs of these works will be displayed at Tate Britain as part of the London 2012 Festival.Since 1912 each Olympic host city has commissioned one or more posters to celebrate the hosting of the Games and, since the first Paralympic Games was held at Stoke Mandeville, posters have also been commissioned for the Paralympic Games. Over the course of the last century a body of iconic work has been created. The commissioned artists are Fiona Banner, Michael Craig-Martin, Martin Creed, Tracey Emin, Anthea Hamilton, Howard Hodgkin, Gary Hume, Sarah Morris, Chris Ofili, Bridget Riley, Bob and Roberta Smith and Rachel Whiteread.

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    Chris Ofili

    Chris Ofili exhibition at Tate Britain 27 January to 16 May 2010

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    Howard Hodgkin

    The first exhibition to span the entire career of Howard Hodgkin takes place at Tate Britain in June 2006.

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    Past Tate Liverpool exhibition: Rachel Whiteread: Shedding Life

  • Artist

    Fiona Banner

    born 1966
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    Bob and Roberta Smith

    born 1963
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    Bridget Riley

    born 1931
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    Gary Hume

    born 1962
  • Artist

    Tracey Emin

    born 1963
  • Artist

    Sir Michael Craig-Martin

    born 1941
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    Rachel Whiteread

    born 1963
  • Artist

    Martin Creed

    born 1968
  • Artist

    Chris Ofili

    born 1968
  • Artist

    Sarah Morris

    born 1967
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    Howard Hodgkin

    1932–2017
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