Jamie Raid was born in 1947 in England and he is a British
artist and anarchist .
His work, is made
from letters which are cut out from newspaper
and makes an headlines in the rock/punk style.He was educated at John Ruskin Grammar School in Croydon and he also took part in a sit
in at Croydon Art School.
Reid produced a series of screen prints in 1997, the
twentieth anniversary of the birth of punk/rock music. Reid has also produced
artwork for the world music fusion band Afro Celt Sound System.
Reid says: "There's always been a political side to my
work from the late 60's to my recent involvement on the anti-war movement. But
we are also immersed in beauty and magic- beauty is the greatest weapon we've
got to change things".
It seems that the politics has been the greatets force
behind Reid's work.
Using the vibrancy of green as the background
colour and the rest black and white,it really brings forward the subject of the
print as the green is giving power behind the text meaning the subject
instantly jumps out at you in a threatening manner
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