The official art posters for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, created by renowned artists such as Chris Ofili, Naoki Urasawa, Philippe Weisbecker and Viviane Sassen, have been unveiled.
And this is the best one.
The official art posters for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, created by renowned artists such as Chris Ofili, Naoki Urasawa, Philippe Weisbecker and Viviane Sassen, have been unveiled.
And this is the best one.
Toilet or bidet?
I’m voting toilet. Bidets are a positive sort of cleansing/uprising whereas a toilet is a turd swallower and that best describes the Olympics.
On the Plus side, at least the Japanese do know how to make toilets.
Never mind the big names, whose kid won?
“Tokyo lol”
Fixed it for ya, no charge.
You mean whose “special needs” kid won 1st Prize. After all … this is for the Paralympic Games. I suspect this was sketched by a kid with a pen between her toes … because she has no arms. How awful will we all feel when learning this was drawn by one of the contestants in The Paralympics.
Yes, I know, God has prepared a stroke for me … or a chainsaw accident … for my dark humor poking fun at those less-fortunate. I ask forgiveness. And a week without power tools.
I couldn’t believe a two ton alder tree sat on my chainsaw blade this morning. Then I couldn’t believe it sat there for five minutes while I went to get a rope to pull it over with. Do you suppose God preserved me from my poor judgment because I didn’t bad mouth any cripples when I saw this ridiculous shite. I shudder to think what it cost.
Very simple and clever, if one wants or likes simplicity.
I see a warrior in his/her arena. Patty Smyth would be proud. Is she the inspiration? Remember this? Turn up the volume and live a little, or at least get loaded…ha!!
https://youtu.be/47y5bo8wtqM
What do I think of It? Meh! Is that all they can come up with? Looks like something that Trudeau would put on a coin.
Haha … like an Indian, err First People’s basket?
Kenji
How about a baby basket like for your grandchild?
Isn’t the big event this month?
No. I’m confident that Trudeau 0.2 has dreams of putting Trudeau Sr. on one of our coins before he leaves government.
ARRRGH!
That’s still not as good as the “goatse” entrant that was actually selected as a finalist for the 2012 olympics in London
https://boingboing.net/2007/06/04/london-2012-olympic.html
Nenshi will want to know how much was paid and will offer double. Calgary taxpayers just love buying garbage masquerading as “art”.
Draughting skill?
lettering = fail
Line work = ?
Now that is a damned lie!
I know for a fact that Nenshi wouldn’t have offered more than $95,000 for the banana.
Heh, heh, heh.
but…but….but we have a big blue ring!
You have to put it into perspective.
Well played. Haha.
One must remember that art is not to be understood by the plebes…only paid for.
Oh snap! Where is the like button?
Did they restrict entrants to Kindergarten students?
when I was 9 years old I often did similar drawings
and I m not talented for drawing
https://tokyo2020.org/en/games/artposter/
It isn’t fair to call it the best though its fair to say it’s one of the best.
WTH is wrong with Japanese artists? Did they tour Fukushima after the quake? Their personal sex-robots reject them?
Did they know the contest was for the Olympics? Did a hacker change the rules?
I’m hoping the artists had nothing to do with venue design.
Perhaps it isn’t too late for Kate to send in a few. The dog laying on the boot is already top dog.
Are those seat sections around the stadium or the outside walls?
Like art, a matter of perspective.
On these perspective illusions it is easy to change what you see by controlling the active part of the brain. Activate the analytical by doing math equations and then do something artsy, like visioning a restful scene of a forest or beach with waves.
In my perspective, this sucks in either view.
“Perspective is a fine commodity, but utterly useless when in the thick of things.” I have no idea who said that, but it seems to fit….
TOKE 24/7
The Maga ones not bad. It is a Japanese art form and in keeping with the style.
It seems nowadays the length of the explanation is inversely proportional to the artistic merit of the piece. I’m sure this “art” will have a very lengthy explanation attached to it.
DRD – Well said. Truer words never spoken!
They better go with an anti-woke Japanese artist.
Having said that a Tokyo Olympics actually sounds good. I’ll be watching.
A weird-looking Mobius strip?
It looks something like the grill on an Edsel…
No curling so I won’t be watching.
The tranny olympics will be the worst ever. Loved looking at the fit girls especially heptathlon and other track sports. Hard pass this year.
Maybe some commenters here think the Olympics deserves (or needs?) to be given a hard-sell, but this low key abstract approach is typical of Olympics posters all through the modern era. Short of knocking us down and putting a knee on our chest, the picture shown does all that an advertising poster can be asked to do, serving as a reminder of the event. Its unobtrusiveness will be a virtue if it is selected and becomes (briefly) omnipresent: once you’re familiar with it, it makes its point while going nearly unnoticed itself. Anyone who especially likes its graphic simplicity can stop and take a longer look. Of course, people who enjoy being annoyed also can fixate on it if they want to.