Jamie Reid: An Iconoclast’s Immense Legacy in Art and Punk Culture

2023-08-09 20:07:50

Jamie Reid also designed the yellow and pink cover for the Sex Pistols’ only album, Never Mind the Bollocks (1977), whose name is written in black characters.

Among his other notable works is the title cover Anarchy in The UKmade with a British flag torn down the center and patched with safety pins, while drawing clips hold the title and band name.

“An immense legacy”

In its press release, the John Marchant gallery does not specify the causes of death of Jamie Reed. “Artist, iconoclast, anarchist, punk, hippie, rebel and romantic. Jamie leaves behind a beloved daughter, Rowan, a granddaughter, Rose, and an immense legacy. Jamie Reid had “entered the cultural landscape”, John Marchant told AFP.

Born in 1947, Jamie Reid joined the Wimbledon art school at the age of 16, before joining that of Croydon, south London, where he met the future manager of the Sex Pistols, Malcolm McLaren.

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