Artefacts

Tokyo 2020, artistic poster for Paralympic Games «Horseback Archery» by YAMAGUCHI Akira.

Physical description

Poster representing a city landscape with a stadium over which an equestrian archer is flying. The archer has no arms, the horse has wheels and the characters of the city are handicapped. Emblem of the Paralympic Games.

Created

Created: Asao TOKORO Created: Comité d'organisation des Jeux de la XXXIIe Olympiade en 2020 à Tokyo Created: Akira YAMAGUCHI

Materials

paper

Colors

white, multi coloured

Dimension

103 x 73 cm

Type of item

Posters -> artistic poster

Reference number

236875

Original title

Tir à l'arc équestre

Keywords

Tokyo 2020, Paralympic Games Graphic Art emblem visual identity

Notes

Tokyo 2020, art poster created for the Paralympic Games entitled “Horseback Archery” by Akira YAMAGUCHI. This work, combining elements of traditional and contemporary Japan, shows a female archer with no arms mounted on a steed whose replacement limbs consist of a motorbike-like wheelchair. In the background is a cityscape of Tokyo, with a view of Fukushima beyond the clouds. Donated by the OCOG