Jamie Reid archive
Poster
1979 (designed)
1979 (designed)
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This poster is one of a series of images Reid designed as props for the Sex Pistols mock documentary The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, released in 1980. Designed for a scene featuring McLaren dancing in Highgate Cemetery, Reid has insisted that the concept was 'hugely humanitarian', the point being that there is some good in everyone.
This poster from the series features the booking photograph of Myra Hindley, taken after her arrest for the child murders she committed with Ian Brady in the mid 1960s.
Jamie Reid's cut-and-paste aesthetic developed from his interest in radical politics. His artistic style developed while at art college in Croydon, where he was influenced by the ideas of the avant-garde political group, the Situationist International. The political slant to his art was aroused by the May 1968 Paris student riots, which inspired fraternal protests organised by Reid at the Croydon College of Art. These were directed with fellow student Malcolm McLaren, later to become the manager of the Sex Pistols.
This poster from the series features the booking photograph of Myra Hindley, taken after her arrest for the child murders she committed with Ian Brady in the mid 1960s.
Jamie Reid's cut-and-paste aesthetic developed from his interest in radical politics. His artistic style developed while at art college in Croydon, where he was influenced by the ideas of the avant-garde political group, the Situationist International. The political slant to his art was aroused by the May 1968 Paris student riots, which inspired fraternal protests organised by Reid at the Croydon College of Art. These were directed with fellow student Malcolm McLaren, later to become the manager of the Sex Pistols.
Object details
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| Title | Jamie Reid archive (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Screen print on paper. |
| Brief description | Original artwork for prop poster for the Sex Pistols film The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle. 'God Save Myra Hindley'. |
| Physical description | Prop poster used in the film The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle. 'God Save Myra Hindley', black and white printed image on fluorescent green background. Jamie Reid archive. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | GOD SAVE / MYRA HINDLEY |
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| Summary | This poster is one of a series of images Reid designed as props for the Sex Pistols mock documentary The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, released in 1980. Designed for a scene featuring McLaren dancing in Highgate Cemetery, Reid has insisted that the concept was 'hugely humanitarian', the point being that there is some good in everyone. This poster from the series features the booking photograph of Myra Hindley, taken after her arrest for the child murders she committed with Ian Brady in the mid 1960s. Jamie Reid's cut-and-paste aesthetic developed from his interest in radical politics. His artistic style developed while at art college in Croydon, where he was influenced by the ideas of the avant-garde political group, the Situationist International. The political slant to his art was aroused by the May 1968 Paris student riots, which inspired fraternal protests organised by Reid at the Croydon College of Art. These were directed with fellow student Malcolm McLaren, later to become the manager of the Sex Pistols. |
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| Accession number | S.824-1990 |
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| Record created | July 21, 2009 |
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