2024-03-05 20:35:28
Last Monday, French illustrator Ugo Gattoni revealed the official poster for the Paris Olympic Games to the world. The work, however, generated a lot of criticism for omitting the symbol of the cross in one of France’s main monuments, the National Palace. The disabled.
It is possible to observe by enlarging the image that the cross present on the Palace dome does not appear in the artist’s reproduction. In addition to omitting the Christian symbol, the author was also criticized for not displaying the colors and flag of France.
“No French flag appears. The invisibility of our identity is an unacceptable failure”, criticized one internet user, according to O Antagonista. “This is depressing, I don’t recognize Paris. I only see an amusement park, but nothing that adds to the beauty, the history of Paris”, criticized an Instagram user on Gattoni’s profile.
Intentional
Ugo Gattoni is known for his detailed works, full of colors and symbolic elements, which leads us to believe that the exclusion of the cross in the French monument was not by chance, but intentional, with the aim of transmitting a message to the world.
Official poster of the Paris Olympic Games. Photo: reproduction
“It is an extremely symbolic poster, which tells many things about the Paris 2024 project,” he said when commenting on the work. Joachim Roncin, design director for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, also highlighted Gattoni’s detail, indicating that nothing in the painting was added – or removed – by chance.
“I have known Ugo (Gattoni)’s work for several years, it was natural for me to offer him these posters. He has a rich universe. He creates many small stories within the big story. Ugo brought his madness, his poetry, we could compare it to the work of Myazaki in terms of colors or Claude Ponti who is a cult illustrator”, commented Roncin.
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