Jamie Reid archive
Artwork
1977 (designed)
1977 (designed)
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Jamie Reid's (b. 1947) 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 (1946-2010), later to become the manager of the Sex Pistols.
Object details
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| Title | Jamie Reid archive (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Process photo on board, with tracing paper and thick paper cover. |
| Brief description | Original artwork for prop poster for the Sex Pistols film The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle. 'God Save the Cambridge Rapist'. |
| Physical description | Original artwork for promotional material for the Sex Pistols. Artwork for Sex Pistols' single God Save the Queen. Yellow paper cover, with handwriting with tracing paper sheet with art directions and piece of blue paper sellotaped as example below. This is on top of artboard with photographic image of Queen Elizabeth II with titles where her eyes and mouth are, and information about the single on the left hand side. |
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| Summary | Jamie Reid's (b. 1947) 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 (1946-2010), later to become the manager of the Sex Pistols. |
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| Accession number | S.948-1990 |
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| Record created | February 11, 2010 |
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