Paris Olympics: Row over 'woke' map as Paris gears up for games

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Paris Olympics: Row over 'woke' map as Paris gears up for games

6 March 2024

By Michael Sheils McNamee
BBC News

The designer of the official poster for this summer's Paris Olympics has responded to criticism that his art erases symbols of French identity and Christianity.

The design features a cartoon map of Paris with a wealth of details.

Conservatives have criticised the lack of the French tricolour, and a cross missing from the Hôtel des Invalides landmark.

Artist Ugo Gattoni said he wanted to create a "festive universe".

Francois-Xavier Bellamy of the right-wing Republicans party wrote on X that the people responsible for the image were "ready to deny France, going so far as to distort reality to cancel its history".

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68489306


Artist Ugo Gattoni said he wanted to create a "festive universe" with his depiction of Paris (Dimitar Dilkoff)

[efhmc]

1. Looks amazing to me and welcoming to all.

[Diamond_Dog]

2. How is it "woke"?

[Eugene]

3. Aesthetically driven art sends a political message by not having one.

The usual conservative freak-out over lack of overt flag waving.
The dust-up over the Viet Nam War Memorial in Washington, D.C.
is a prime example of this kind of outrage.