Olympic art by Michael Landy and Wolfgang Tillmans
Artists have the last say on the Olympics in witty and revealing series of images
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"I was in row 48, quite high up but just above the finishing line – including the men's 100m," says the artist
Like many others we enjoyed the Guardian's commissioning of contemporary artists and photographers to give their own unique slant on the Olympics. The newspaper ran the full series this morning. We can't help thinking our favourite is the tale of domestic woe so artfully told by Michael Landy RA (below). Hope she's feeling better Michael. See all the images on the Guardian site.
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