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Sport and Art Contest
Graphic works and sculptures on the theme
of sport and Olympism from the five continents
is what the IOC Sport and Art Contest is all
about. An exciting contest for artists with
prizes totalling $US 120'000 and the chance
to have their works exhibited at the Olympic
Museum and the Games as well as printed
in a brochure uniting the winning works.
Through its international character the Sport
and Art Contest bears witness to the cultural
diversity of the Olympic Movement, and the
catalysing role that sport, like art, can play in
today's society, as an instrument to improve
people's quality of life and wellbeing. It focuses
on Olympic values and leads people from
different parts of society to better understand
these values while drawing people from beyond
the sport movement closer to Olympism.
Torch Relay, Zeng Chenggang
CONTESTS 41
Il Fuoco d’Atene, Daniele Veronesi
Held every four years since 2000 and open
to all NOCs it provides the chance for them
to organize a national contest in cooperation
with art schools and to foster an active
synergy between the worlds of art and sport
in conformity with the fundamental principles
of the Olympic Charter.
The best works from the national competitions
are entered in the international contest for a
jury presided over by the Commission
Chairman, Mr Zhenliang He and including
IOC members, athletes, artists, sculptors
and art institutions and museums to judge.
The jury for the third edition of the contest
will be meeting in 2008 and who knows they
may discover a new budding athlete artist.