British artist Jamie Reid (b.1947) is an iconoclast, anarchist, punk, hippie, shit-stirring rebel and romantic. Infamously and eternally connected with the Sex Pistols and the DIY ethic of punk.
Following the recent show of Reid’s protest works at GS Artists Swansea, The Horse Hospital is pleased to announce the opening of Taking Liberties! Jamie Reid's Political Work 1970-2020 in association with John Marchant Gallery. Featuring drawings, stickers, posters, banners and publications from Reid's seminal but rarely seen early 70’s Suburban Press period through 1980’ and 1990’s campaigns against the Poll Tax, English Heritage, the Criminal Justice Bill and Clause 28 to recent work for Pussy Riot, Occupy London and Extinction Rebellion, Taking Liberties! will address an important part of this most influential of artist’s work to date. After all, at its heart punk was both romantic and political, and Reid was the acknowledged driving force of rage against the monarchy, the state and the status quo.