Tim Ayres
Poster 01, Girl With Football, 2005, GB © 2005 FIFA
Tim Ayres, born in England in1965 and currently living in Amsterdam, pays homage to the FIFA World Cup Trophy with his "Girl with Football." The lines of the girl's arm and hand, which hold a football, form the outline of the trophy that teams will again be competing for at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™.
Tobias Rehberger
Poster 02, 90 Minutes, 2004 Germany © 2005 FIFA
In his work "90 Minutes," Tobias Rehberger-one of the superstars of the international exhibition scene-gives viewers ninety minutes of playful fun and suspense using only the media of color and color gradients.
Rosemarie Trockel
Poster 03, Woman With Whistle, 2004, Germany © 2005 FIFA
Rosemarie Trockel, who ranks among the most important international representatives of contemporary art, has created a work that humorously and subtly explores football as a typical male domain. She sends her protagonist to the center of a strange yet exciting world-the football field-equipping her with a whistle and a hat as if for survival training.
Norbert Bisky
Poster 04, Perfect Match, 2004, Germany © 2005 FIFA
This work by painter Norbert Bisky, born in Leipzig in 1970, shows the dynamism and aesthetics of a moment in a football game that bears resemblance to ballet. Bisky's study of movement is a superb artistic examination of the link between football, dance and ballet.
Michael Craig-Martin
Poster 05, Foot-Ball, 2004, GB © 2005 FIFA
Craig-Martin deals with a broad range of subjects in his graphics-based artwork. He first creates large-size representations of everyday objects on the computer and then translates these to canvass. His work for the Official Art Poster 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™ organically entwines two symbols of the sport-the ball itself and the players' cleats.
Luo Brothers
Poster 06, A Cup For Your Toy, 2005, China © 2005 FIFA
"A Cup for Your Toy," created by the three Hong Kong brothers Weidong, Weigno and Weibing Luo, makes use of elements that call to mind such famous icons of art history as Holbein's putti or the angels in Raffael's Sistine Madonna. The brothers transfer these elements to the industrial world of Chinese toys, arranging them to form the athletes' object of desire, the FIFA World Cup Trophy.
Hisashi Tenmyouya
Poster 07, Football, 2004, Japan © 2005 FIFA
Japanese-born Hisashi Tenmyouya is one of most talented young artists in the international art world. His pictures are a skilled blend of traditional Japanese motifs and elements of modern Japan. Tenmyouya's contribution to the FIFA series achieves martial-arts and theatrical effects, presenting the game of football as a battle between warring antagonists. The work has been executed in the traditional Ukiyo-e style.
Owusu-Ankomah
Poster 08, Go For It, Stars, 2004, Ghana © 2005 FIFA
Owusu-Ankomah is one of the most famous artists in Ghana. His work focuses on the ways ornament and symbolism are perceived in different cultural circles. He frequently experiments with motifs of movement and sport. The black-and-white canvas he created for the series of Official Art Posters shows figurative forms arranged into a picture puzzle.
Toyin Loye
Poster 09, Bridging The World, 2004, Nigeria © 2005 FIFA
Loye, the son of an African king, is a representative of the African artistic tradition who portrays his cultural heritage in his work. For the Official Art Poster 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™ , the artist painted a picture of a football that incorporates, among other things, the national colors of his Nigerian home.
Beatriz Milhazes
Poster 10, Maracanã, 2004, Brazil © 2005 FIFA
Beatriz Milhazes, born in Rio de Janeiro in 1960, has attracted international attention with her colorful compositions since the 1990s. Her art features elements of both Brazilian pop culture and modern visual languages. Overlapping floral motifs, ornamental arabesques and abstract patterns convey an excessive, sensuous energy. The title of her work for the Official Art Poster 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™ takes its name from the legendary football stadium "Maracană"-the synonym for football in Brazil.
Jess MacNeil
Poster 11, Could Go Other Way, 2005, Australia © 2005 FIFA
In recent years, the American shooting star Sarah Morris has made a name for herself with her constructivist, geometric paintings. In her contribution to the Official Art Poster 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™, she fractures the surface of a playing field into geometric forms and integrates these into abstract spatial constructs.
Sarah Morris
Poster 12, Gateway, 2004, USA © 2005 FIFA
A newcomer from Australia, Jess MacNeil, also demonstrates her talent in the Edition of Official Art Posters for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™. In her work, MacNeil uses photography to create the basis of a recognizable image. Her contribution brings to light fundamental aspects of painting-figure and background, presence and absence, realism and abstraction.
Andreas Gursky
Poster 13, Untitled XV, 2005, Germany © 2005 FIFA
Andreas Gursky is not only one of the international superstars of modern art but also a devoted football fan himself. The picture he has contributed to the FIFA series shows the installation of the football turf.
