A Century of Olympic Posters - One Canada Sq, Canary Wharf, London

An excellent exhibition of Olympic posters organised by the Victoria and Albert Museum to mark the beginning of Olympic year in London. The posters from past years are very interesting, I especially liked one from the 1968 games in Mexico (below) which looks very retro now. The 1972 games in Munich had the aim of a union between sport and art and the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has sought to return to this artistic tradition,commissioning twelve of the UK’s leading artists to create images to celebrate London hosting the 2012 Games. Posters by Bridget Riley, Howard Hodgkin, Martin Creed, Rachel Whiteread and Sarah Morris are reporduced below.