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Title:
Jamie Reid archive
Object name(s):
Flyer
Brief description:
Flyer for Sex Pistols performing at Brunel University Uxbridge, December 16th 1977. Black and white photocopy with ransom note style text entitled "NEVER MIND THE BANS / SeX PiSTOLS WILL PLAY". On the left hand side are letters from different councils that banned the Sex Pistols from playing, with photographic image of the band top right. Other side is printed with information for collective action in order to lift the bans on the band from other councils.
Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Associated concept:
Entertainment & Leisure
Associated concept:
Advertising
Associated concept:
Music
Content - person:
Sex Pistols
Current reproduction location:
https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2018LE9444/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
Location type:
Thumbnail
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
42
Dimension:
Length
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
30
Dimension:
Length
Dimension measured part:
unfolded
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
42
Material:
paper
Material:
printing ink
Object name:
Flyer
Object number:
S.838-1990
Object production date:
1977
Date - association:
designed
Date - earliest / single:
1977-01-01
Date - latest:
1977-12-31
Object production person:
unknown
Person's association:
designers
Object production place:
London
Place association:
designed
Physical description:
Flyer for Sex Pistols performing at Brunel University Uxbridge, December 16th 1977. Black and white photocopy with ransom note style text entitled "NEVER MIND THE BANS / SeX PiSTOLS WILL PLAY". On the left hand side are letters from different councils that banned the Sex Pistols from playing, with photographic image of the band top right. Other side is printed with information for collective action in order to lift the bans on the band from other councils.
Reproduction number:
2018LE9444
Responsible department/section:
T&P
Technique:
lithography
Technique:
Xerography
Text reason:
Collections online record
Text:
Jamie Reid's cut-and-paste aesthetic developed from his interest in radical politics. His artistic style developed while at art college in Croydon, where he was influenced by the ideas of the avant-garde political group, the Situationist International. The political slant to his art was aroused by the May 1968 Paris student riots, which inspired fraternal protests organised by Reid at the Croydon College of Art. These were directed with fellow student Malcolm McLaren, later to become the manager of the Sex Pistols.
Text reason:
Summary description

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ce3d695c-8335-391b-aeef-6cafabc8c796

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ce3d695c-8335-391b-aeef-6cafabc8c796, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC

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