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Stuckism is an Art Movement that was founded in 1999 in Britain by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson to promote Figurative Painting in opposition to Conceptual Art . The Stuckists formed as an alternative to the Charles Saatchi -patronised Young British Artists (also known as Brit Art). The original group of thirteen arists has since expanded to over 120 groups around the world. Childish left the group in 2001. They have staged many shows, but have gained more attention for outspoken media comments and demonstrations, particularly outside Tate Britain against the Turner Prize , sometimes dressed in clown costume. After exhibiting mainly in small galleries in Shoreditch , London , they were given their first show in a major public museum in 2004, The Walker Art Gallery as part of the Liverpool Biennial . Other campaigns mounted by the group include official avenues, such as standing for parliament, reporting Saatchi to the Office Of Fair Trading to complain about his power in the art world, and applying under the Freedom Of Information Act 2000 for Tate Gallery trustee minutes, which started a media scandal about the purchase of Chris Ofili 's work, '' The Upper Room ''. show at the Walker Art Gallery , Liverpool , 2004]] NAME The name Stuckism was coined by Thomson in response to a comment, made by artist Tracey Emin to Childish, then her boyfriend, which he had recorded in a poem as: :Your paintings are stuck, :you are stuck! :Stuck! Stuck! Stuck! |
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