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Jamie Reid archive

Process Photo
1977 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This process photograph would have later been used in artwork for the Sex Pistols, once it had been used to create a lithograph. This article is most likely the inspiration for the title of the Sex Pistols film, The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle.

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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Object type
TitleJamie Reid archive (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Process photo.
Brief description
Black and white photographic image of a magazine article by Lonnie Donegan, entitled 'Rock 'n' Roll - it's a swindle'. Jamie Reid archive
Physical description
Black and white process photo: image of a magazine article by Lonnie Donnegan, entitled 'Rock 'n' Roll - it's a swindle'. Large white border.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.3cm
  • Width: 20.2cm
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Subject depicted
Summary
This process photograph would have later been used in artwork for the Sex Pistols, once it had been used to create a lithograph. This article is most likely the inspiration for the title of the Sex Pistols film, The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle.

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.
Collection
Accession number
S.878-1990

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Record createdFebruary 17, 2010
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