JAMES ROSENQUIST XIV Olympic Winter Games, 1984

This original poster was created by legendary American Pop artist James Rosenquist for the XIV Olympic Winter Games, held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, in 1984. Commissioned as part of the official Olympic art program, it reflects Rosenquist’s distinctive visual language—dynamic diagonals, layered imagery, and sharp, cinematic color fields—translating the energy and speed of winter sports into striking abstract form.

Rosenquist’s composition centers on an athlete’s face fractured through rhythmic, blade-like red slashes, evoking the movement of skating, the cut of cold air, and the tension of competition. The result is both a powerful graphic statement and a quintessential example of Rosenquist’s late Pop period, where he merged commercial aesthetics with contemporary cultural events.