Jamie Reid
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| - | '''Jamie Reid''' (born [[1947]]), educated at John Ruskin Grammar School in [[Croydon]], is a British artist and [[anarchist]] with connections to the [[Situationist International|Situationists]]. His work, featuring letters cut from newspaper headlines in the style of a [[ransom note effect|ransom note]] came close to defining the image of [[punk rock]], particularly in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. His best known works include the [[Sex Pistols]] album ''[[Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols]]'' and the singles "[[Anarchy in the UK]]", "[[God Save The Queen (Sex Pistols)|God Save The Queen]]", "[[Pretty Vacant]]" and "[[Holidays in the Sun]]". | ||
| - | Reid produced a series of screen prints in 1997, the twentieth anniversary of the birth of Punk rock. Reid has also produced artwork for the [[world music]] fusion band [[Afro Celt Sound System]]. | + | '''Jamie Reid''' (1947 – 2023) was an [[English artist]]. His best known works include the [[album cover]] for the [[Sex Pistols]] single "[[God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols song)|God Save the Queen]]". |
| - | Jamie Reid created the ransom-note look used with the Sex Pistols graphics while he was designing ''Suburban Press'', a radical political magazine he ran for five years. | + | |
| - | For the last three years Reid has been exhibiting and publishing prints with the [[Aquarium Gallery]]. | + | He designed and facilitated the publication of ''[[Leaving the 20th Century]]'' (1974). |
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| + | His work, featuring letters cut from newspaper headlines in the style of a [[ransom note effect|ransom note]], came close to defining the image of [[punk rock]], particularly in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. | ||
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| + | His best known works include the [[Sex Pistols]] album ''[[Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols]]'' and the singles "[[Anarchy in the UK]]", "[[God Save The Queen (Sex Pistols)|God Save The Queen]]" (based on a [[Cecil Beaton]] photograph of [[Queen Elizabeth II]], with an added [[safety pin]] through her nose and [[swastika]]s in her eyes, described by Sean O'Hagan of ''[[The Observer]]'' as "the single most iconic image of the punk era"), "[[Pretty Vacant]]" and "[[Holidays in the Sun]]". | ||
| - | In May 2007 an event known as X Marks the Spot will take place in Shoreditch London to celebrate the life and work of Jamie Reid. Opening on Mayday with a festive spirit, this event will include several locations where his current work can be viewed as well as a comprehensive flyposting of the area with over 35 years worth of work. Running in parallel with this will be an exhibition at the aquarium's L-13 gallery on Farringdon Rd which will show a selection of important pieces from Reid's own collection. This will be the first time that any of these pieces will be openly offered for sale. | ||
| ==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
| * [[Punk visual art]] | * [[Punk visual art]] | ||
| + | * [[Situationist International]] | ||
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Jamie Reid (1947 – 2023) was an English artist. His best known works include the album cover for the Sex Pistols single "God Save the Queen".
He designed and facilitated the publication of Leaving the 20th Century (1974).
His work, featuring letters cut from newspaper headlines in the style of a ransom note, came close to defining the image of punk rock, particularly in the UK.
His best known works include the Sex Pistols album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols and the singles "Anarchy in the UK", "God Save The Queen" (based on a Cecil Beaton photograph of Queen Elizabeth II, with an added safety pin through her nose and swastikas in her eyes, described by Sean O'Hagan of The Observer as "the single most iconic image of the punk era"), "Pretty Vacant" and "Holidays in the Sun".
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