Capturing the essence of London was one hurdle too many for the artists of the Olympics posters

摘要

Remember those Olympics posters designed for the 2012 Games by the likes of Tracey Emin,rnBridget Riley and Rachel Whiteread? Neither do I.They were launched last November and, despite Tate director Nicholas Serota's claim that they are 'compelling', in general they are super-dull. Gary Hume's is perhaps the worst of the lot - a rough abstract of leaves and circles, in off-greens and off-reds. According to the artist the large circle at the bottom of the poster represents the wheel of a wheelchair and the smaller one a tennis ball. Hmm.