Jamie Reid archive
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1977 (designed)
1977 (designed)
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This promotional banner poster is for the last single from the Sex Pistols while Johnny Rotten (b. 1956) was still singer with the band. Released two weeks before the Never Mind the Bollocks... album, Rotten would leave the band less than four months later. The artwork was based on a real tourist brochure from the Belgian Travel Service who later sued the Pistols resulting in a court case, and the re-issue of the single in a plain white sleeve.
Jamie Reid (1947-2023) developed his cut-and-paste aesthetic 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.
Jamie Reid (1947-2023) developed his cut-and-paste aesthetic 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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Title | Jamie Reid archive (named collection) |
Materials and techniques | Printed ink on paper |
Brief description | Banner poster advertising Sex Pistols' single, 'Holidays in the Sun'. Colour illustrations designed by Jamie Reid. Jamie Reid archive |
Physical description | Banner poster advertising the Sex Pistols' single Holidays in the Sun. Collage pieces cut from holiday brochures, with illustration of a sun and the Sex Pistols logo by Jamie Reid. |
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Summary | This promotional banner poster is for the last single from the Sex Pistols while Johnny Rotten (b. 1956) was still singer with the band. Released two weeks before the Never Mind the Bollocks... album, Rotten would leave the band less than four months later. The artwork was based on a real tourist brochure from the Belgian Travel Service who later sued the Pistols resulting in a court case, and the re-issue of the single in a plain white sleeve. Jamie Reid (1947-2023) developed his cut-and-paste aesthetic 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.779-1990 |
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Record created | July 21, 2009 |
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