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Poster - Jamie Reid archive

Jamie Reid archive

  • Object:

    Poster

  • Place of origin:

    London, England (designed)

  • Date:

    1977 (designed)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Reid, Jamie, born 1947 (designer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Offset lithographic print on paper

  • Museum number:

    S.759-1990

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

  • Image in copyright

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.

Physical description

Promotional poster for Sex Pistols' single God Save The Queen. Union flag background, with central black and white photographic portrait of Queen Elizabeth II with her eyes and mouth covered with the song title and band name in ransom note-style font.

Place of Origin

London, England (designed)

Date

1977 (designed)

Artist/maker

Reid, Jamie, born 1947 (designer)

Materials and Techniques

Offset lithographic print on paper

Dimensions

Height: 70 cm, Width: 99 cm

Descriptive line

Promotional poster for Sex Pistols' single God Save The Queen, 1977.

Exhibition History

The Queen: Art and Image (National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh 26/06/2011-18/09/2011)

Subjects depicted

, Elizabeth II, Queen of England; Sex Pistols

Categories

Advertising; Entertainment & Leisure

Collection code

T&P

Qr_O1155092
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