Jamie Reid from Sex Pistols to Pussy Riot but that’s not all

For some inspiration is everywhere, for others it’s hard to find, and that’s the main reason I think it’s never too much sharing what inspires us. Today the inspiring post isn’t about Sex Pistols, for those who first  saw the image, it’s about Jamie Reid and is punk artist nature.

 

God Save the Queen Sex Pistols poster by Jamie Reid

 

Jamie Reid became known by his iconic work for the Sex Pistols but it all started few years before in 1970. Already as anarchist, Reid started following the Situationists cause, and joined the Suburban Press. Here he developed his graphic style, style that was spread in 1976 when Malcolm McLaren invited him to work in his new project, the Sex Pistols. When you talk about punk it’s almost impossible not to remind the “God Save The Queen” artwork that became a reference of those days symbolising the English punk rock scene of the late ’70s. But the work of Jamie Reid is much more and deserves more attention.

Nowadays he still keeps active, his social interventionist signature is present in artworks like the “Folk The Banks, 2011” or the more recent “Free Pussy Riot”

 

Folk The Banks, 2011, Ink, collage and acetate on paper, 460mm x 460mm

 

There is no doubt that he influenced many artists, and that he his a living legend. For more info about Jamie Reid work here are some cool links

 

Free Pussy Riot