Jamie reid

Original artwork for prop poster for the Sex Pistols film The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle. 'God Save Myra Hindley'.

Jamie Reid, punk rock style graphic design

The artist's subversive collage work for the Sex Pistols' single 'God Save The Queen' was a defining image of 1970s protest

Two of the credit cards from the series will feature artwork from the band's 1977 album Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols

Jamie Reid, No Feelings, 1977.

“”We couldn’t really afford things like Letraset, so it seemed natural to cut things out and do collage, to save money” – Jamie Reid British artist Jamie Reid (1947-2023), best known for his collage work with The Sex Pistols, has died. His covers of the band’s debut album Never Mind The Bollocks, the … Continue reading "Jamie Reid: Sticking It To Her Majesty With The Art of Subversion"

From defacing Putin with Pussy Riot to embracing his inner druid, the graphic designer who put a safety pin through the Queen’s nose for the Sex Pistols is still kicking against the pricks

Youth culture is known for rebellion. But insurgence may have hit a a fever pitch in 1970s Britain with the start of punk and the emergence of the punk aesthetic. Maintaining the ideology that “anyone can do it,” the young punks of the time began transforming the music scene from polished and produced to something fast and aggressive. Independently made 7-inch vinyl became the center of design for the nihilistic disruptors influenced by Dadaist collage, the 1960s underground