Jamie Reid’s sleeve design for The Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks caused instant outrage with a portrait of the Queen with a safety pin through her lip and swastika eyes. It forced its way into public consciousness in 1977 and it is now difficult to think of punk without first thinking of Reid’s iconic image.
Having based himself in the protest movement since the student movement of 1968, his images have helped formulate and spearhead every major peoples’ protest since. He communicates his message whether political or spiritual in such a way that it becomes accessible and understandable to the mainstream..
A recent retrospective of the work proved immensely popular arriving in Liverpool in 2006 via Tokyo and New York with each show having to extend its run to satisfy the overwhelming demand.