Stuckism
English edit
Etymology edit
stuck + -ism, coined in January 1999 by Charles Thomson after an angry remark from Tracey Emin, partner of artist Billy Childish: “Your paintings are stuck, you are stuck! Stuck! Stuck!”.
Proper noun edit
Stuckism
- An international art movement formed in 1999 by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson, opposing conceptual art in favour of figurative painting.
- 2010, Don Thompson, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark, Aurum Press Limited, →ISBN:
- In 2003 Saunders' shark was put on display in the Stuckism International Gallery in East London under the title A Dead Shark Isn't Art.
- 2011, Billy Childish, Charles Thomson, “The Stuckist Manifesto”, in Alex Danchev, editor, 100 Artists' Manifestos: From the Futurists to the Stuckists[1], Penguin, →ISBN:
- 1. Stuckism is the quest for authenticity. By removing the mask of cleverness and admitting where we are, the Stuckist allows him/herself uncensored expression.