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Jamie Reid archive

Poster
1978 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This is a prop poster by Jamie Reid, designed for a cinema scene in the film The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, released in 1980. It features quotes from newspaper headlines about the Sex Pistols from the previous four years, written in chalkpen on fluorescent backgrounds, in the style of cinema advertising at the time.

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, who would later become the manager of the Sex Pistols.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleJamie Reid archive (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Chalkpen and pencil on paper
Brief description
Handwritten poster in black chalkpen on fluorescent pink paper. Featuring quotes from newspaper headlines about the Sex Pistols: " Top of the Punks", "The Filth & the Fury", "Obnoxious". Possibly designed as a prop for "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle" film. Jamie Reid archive
Physical description
Fluorescent pink paper with handwritten text and in chalkpen and pencil.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.5cm
  • Width: 102cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • "TOP OF THE PUNKS"

  • "PUNK ROCK / JUBILEE SHOCKER"

  • "NIGHT / OF THE NASTIES"

  • "THE FILTH AND / THE FURY"

  • "OBNOXIOUS"

Literary reference<i>The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle</i> Dir. Julien Temple, Perfs. The Sex Pistols, Malcolm McLaren, Virgin Films, 1980
Summary
This is a prop poster by Jamie Reid, designed for a cinema scene in the film The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, released in 1980. It features quotes from newspaper headlines about the Sex Pistols from the previous four years, written in chalkpen on fluorescent backgrounds, in the style of cinema advertising at the time.

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, who would later become the manager of the Sex Pistols.
Collection
Accession number
S.762-1990

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Record createdJanuary 21, 2010
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