The Metropolis

Three artists take on the Olympic Stadium. Who's painting it best?

Mike Pollitt | Friday 3 August, 2012 10:10

Jenny Pockley's Olympic Stadium
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One stadium, three artists.

Oh sure, you could look at these helicopter-view paintings as complementary landscapes, each one enriching the other two so that they mean more together than they ever could apart.

But in the spirit of the Olympics, it seems appropriate instead to pit them in a brutal competition against each other and ask, with no equivocation permitted: which one is the best?

The painting above is by Jenny Pockley.


This is by Alicia Dubnyckyj.


And this is by Daniel Preece.

The paintings, and similar views of Westiminster, St Paul’s and the City are on show at LONDON NOW: The Olympic City, an exhibiton at the Sarah Myerscough gallery which runs from August 3 – September 1. You can also compare them on the gallery’s website.

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