Jamie Reid archive
Poster
1976 (designed)
1976 (designed)
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This is an original promotional poster designed by Jamie Reid for EMI, advertising the first Sex Pistols single release, Anarchy in the UKNovember 1976. The image is taken from a photography by Ray Stevenson of a small ripped up souvenir flag, blown up and screen printed by Reid. The misuse of the nation's flag for the artwork of their first single shows the group's early confidence and ambition .
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.
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.
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| Title | Jamie Reid archive (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Screen print on paper |
| Brief description | Promotional poster advertising the Sex Pistols' first single "Anarchy in the UK". Text in ransom note-style over ripped Union flag held together with bulldog clips and safety pins. Jamie Reid archive |
| Physical description | Poster with white background featuring print of ripped union flag held together with safety pins, with bulldog clips holding the title in ransom note-style lettering. |
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| Summary | This is an original promotional poster designed by Jamie Reid for EMI, advertising the first Sex Pistols single release, Anarchy in the UKNovember 1976. The image is taken from a photography by Ray Stevenson of a small ripped up souvenir flag, blown up and screen printed by Reid. The misuse of the nation's flag for the artwork of their first single shows the group's early confidence and ambition . 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. |
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| Accession number | S.766-1990 |
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| Record created | January 20, 2010 |
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