
SP_11 / Olimpia ’72
Sportification / Olimpia ’72
exhibition
2nd april – 7th may 2016
Colli independent art gallery, Roma
posters by Joseph Beuys, Alberto Burri, Piero Dorazio, Klaus Staeck, Ettore Vitale, Wolf Vostell.
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An exhibition of rare posters by artists and designers dedicated to the theory of European sportification, presented in the context of great European sports operations such as the Olympic Games and social policies of expansion of sport activities. The theme is indirectly linked to the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, also known as The Happy Games, that became a scene of conflict on a both a European and global scale.
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Una mostra manifesti rari disegnati da artisti e designer dedicata alla questione critica della sportificazione europea. Il tema indirettamente collegato ai giochi olimpici del 1972, si posiziona all’interno delle grandi operazioni sportive europee, come le Olimpiadi e le politiche sociali di allargamento della pratica sportiva. Le famose XX Olimpiadi di Monaco, chiamate The Happy Game, diventarono la scena del conflitto su scala europea e mondiale.