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Jamie Reid archive

Artwork
1977 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This is a process print of artwork Jamie Reid created for the Sex Pistols, using Joly MacFie's process camera at Better Badges punk badges workshop. It would be used to create the lithographic plates for printing posters.

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

Category
Object type
TitleJamie Reid archive (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Process camera print
Brief description
Artwork for inner sleeve of Sex Pistols' album "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle".
Physical description
Process print photographic paper of 'God Save The Queen' artwork.
Dimensions
  • Unfolded height: 50.8cm
  • Width: 36.5cm
  • Folded height: 28.5cm
  • Width: 40.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
Subject depicted
Summary
This is a process print of artwork Jamie Reid created for the Sex Pistols, using Joly MacFie's process camera at Better Badges punk badges workshop. It would be used to create the lithographic plates for printing posters.

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.2180-2009

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Record createdFebruary 3, 2010
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