Jamie Reid archive
- Object:
Banner poster
- Place of origin:
London, England (designed)
- Date:
1976 (designed)
- Artist/Maker:
Reid, Jamie, born 1947 (designer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Printed paper
- Museum number:
S.4044-2009
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This small banner poster shows Jamie Reid's second design for the Sex Pistols' logo. The ripped up, ransom-note style lettering first appeared on a flyer for their gig at the 100 Club, London on August 31st 1976.
Jamie Reid's cut-and-paste aesthetic, as seen on this poster, 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, who would later become the manager of the Sex Pistols.
