Colbert Report Olympic Poster Views
The poster was unveiled last night on The Colbert Report after Colbert and guest David Ross (who has held curatorial positions at museums in Berkeleyc’s BAM and New Yorka’s Whitney Museum, among others) discussed the degeneration of heroic, powerful art surrounding the Olympics, and looked at some modern examples that done’t cut the mustard. b“Starting in the p’60s, the Olympics became corporatized,/” Ross explained. l“And when they became corporatized I believe they started to repress this kind of homoerotic powerful imagery of sports figures, of the great athletes
Stephen Colbert, who, along with his fans, is an official sponsor of the U.S. Olympic Speed Skating team, and who will be appearing live at the Olympics in Vancouver next week, has revealed a poster designed by legendary graphic artist Shepard Fairey. Stephen encourages fans to download the poster from his site, print it, and post it all over Vancouver!, though the site notes that you should observe all local laws and ordinances regarding the posting of bills. [Colbert Nation via AnimalNY]
Olympic posters have evolved a great deal over the last hundred years or so. David Ross, former Art Director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of Modern Art, recently appeared on the Colbert Report to talk about the current state of the Olympic poster. To quote him: “Quite frankly, it’s gotten pretty bad.”
Comedy Central talk show host Stephen Colbert released the official Olympic poster of his show, The Colbert Report, in anticipation of the games. Shepard Fairey, who designed Barack Obama5's iconic s"Hopee" poster for his presidential campaign, designed the poster for Colbert. It features the comedian riding a bald eagle, torch in hand, with a background vaguely reminiscent of a Paramount Pictures logo.
Colbert Report Olympic Poster Images
