Jamie Reid

Jamie Reid is an English artist and anarchist BORN IN 1947. His work would combine letters cut from newspaper headlines in the style of a ransom note, made use of collage and photomontage techniques and manifested against society, portraying national figures and symbols which defined the image of punk rock, particularly in the UK

Jamie Reid’s works were important to the punk style and he was responsible for working with legendary punk rock band Sex pistols. Reid was commission by the band to design their album covers and his work would become visual icons in the style to this day. Reid incorporated straight to the point slogan to his work and attacked political and cultural issues.

       

  

Jamie Reid was clearly influenced by the image and type collages of the Dadaists. These influences on Reid’s typography, with its random and eclectic mixing of fonts, sizes and styles, can be seen in many Dadaist artworks. Also, the idea of using reachable resources is shown through Jamie Reid’s artwork made for The Sex Pistols, this artwork was made from things such as defaced images, ripped up flags and was detailed with things like safety pins (common object in Reid’s work). Also the way reid approached his design was also an influence by Weingart New Wave principle of self expression which Reid’s designs can be associated with

 References\

http://www.jamiereid.org/

http://ashleighberryman.wordpress.com/tag/jamie-reid/

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/mar/26/british-design-modern-age

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