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International art movement for contemporary figurative painting with ideas. Anti the pretensions of conceptual art. Anti-anti-art. The first Remodernist art group. Daubers (daubing is the new painting).
There are 205 Stuckist groups in 48 countries.

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Tel: 020 8343 4282. Press contacts here.
Email:stuckism@yahoo.co.uk

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Michael Dickinson guilty of insulting the Turkish Prime Minister with a collage, sentenced to 14 months jail, commuted to a fine. (9.3.10)

Background here. Photos here.

Michael Dickinson interview on BBC World Service Europe Today 9.3.10. Listen online here (item starts at 13.50).

Reports on BBC here and here, and Hurriyet (9.3.10).


Good Boy collage by Michael Dickinson
Not allowed in Istanbul, the 2010 European Capital of Culture.


Latest additions


Artist pages: new page for Jacqueline Jones
Artists and paintings page: new site for Dan Belton listed under UK Stuckists

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Current
For sale on Ebay: Edgeworth Johnstone Two Men Whispering + Stuckism DVD + 2008 Turner demo pack + Mark D prints

The Cambridge Stuckists present
The Enemies of Art
Curated by Darren Udaiyan
"The Stuckists are enemies of art" - Jonathan Jones, art critic The Guardian 2.10.09

18-24 March 2010
Jesus Lane Gallery, 18 Jesus Lane, Cambridge CB5 8BQ
Charles Thomson, Ella Guru, Edgeworth Johnstone, Shelley Li, Darren Udaiyan, Rosa Prosperi and Andrew Galbraith.

Private view 17 March 2010


Funism with a Side Order of Stuckism
an eclectic mix from various artists associated with Stuckism, Funism, both, and neither, curated by Kyla Bullows

8 March – 9 April 2010
The Gallery at Willesden Green, Willesden Green Library Centre, 95 High Road, Willesden Green, London NW10 2SF.
Map here.

Email: michaila_b@hotmail.com Tel: 020 8459 1421 Web site here.

Artists: Ella Guru, Sexton Ming, Kyla Bullows, Norm Magnusson, Anna Page, Lou M, Chris Yates, El Tel, Simon A Goodall, Richard Smyth and Simon Bullows

Spoonfed said: "it sounds like ... a rather wonderful exhibition ... expect a broad selection of punchy figurative painting. Singer/songwriter Anna Page is also involved ... We just had a little listen to her on her myspace and she's completely brilliant."


Brighton Stuckists
Curmudgeon's Cask: Paintings by Dan Belton
Curated by Dan Belton and Worthing Library

15 March - 27 March 2010, 9am - 7.30pm (5pm Saturdays)

Worthing Library, Richmond Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 1HD
Main road: A259, train station: Worthing

Tel 01903 704809. Email artist: stuckistbrighton@hotmail.com. Artist site: http://danbelton.moonfruit.com


Billy Childish: Unknowable but Certain
Show at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London.
17 Feb - 18 Apr 2010. More info here.

Interview in Time Out (11.2.10) with comments on Stuckism. See article in The Times (12.2.10). Factual correction: Billy Childish was the co-founder of the Stuckists in January 1999 and left in June 2001, which is 30 months, not 18 months as stated. Video in June 2001 of his reasons for leaving here.

Spoonfed preview (27.1.10) and review (15.2.10). Review in Dazed (16.2.10), The Independent (24.2.10), The Arts Desk (11.3.1).

Trailer for forthcoming video on TateShots.



Forthcoming

The Romantic Anonymous Fellowship (aka Athens Stuckists)
Under the Cover of Romantic Anonymity:
The 1st Stuckist event in Greece

Curated by Odysseus Yakoumakis, sponsored by Ash-In-Art

1 May - 14 May 2010, 18pm-12pm
Ash-In-Art, 10 Heracleus Street, Athens, Greece 11743

Metro station: Syngrou - Fix

Tel +302109216890 Email gallery: ashinart@yahoo.com Gallery site: www.ashinart.com
Email artists: anonymous@stuckism-athens.org Artists site: www.stuckism-athens.org

Paintings by Anthe Capitan-Valais, Ian J. Burkett, Ilania Abileah, Lefteris Yakoumakis, Nikos Delijannis, Odysseus Yakoumakis, Ray Wilkins, Vasilis Selimas

Private view: Sat 1 May 2010, 4-6pm. Email for invite.

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Check out

Michael Dickinson, Stuckist artist, guilty of insulting the Turkish prime minister with a collage Good Boy.
More here.
Death of Asim Butt (1978 - 2010)
Founder of the Karachi Stuckists
More info here
Stuckist Turner Prize demo 7 Dec 2009
Reuters video of the Stuckist Turner demo of 5.10.09 here
See demo photos here

Facebook group Opponents of the Turner Prize
Turner Prize demo on
Facebook
Oxford Union debate
Charles Thomson, Stuckist co-founder, at the Oxford Union on 5 November 2009 against conceptual art with David Armitage and Mark Leckey versus Dr Stephen Deuchar, Miroslaw Balka, Matthew Collings and the ranting Adrian Searle.
Left: speech by Charles Thomson. Video courtesy of Rick Friend
More info + photos
here
THE STUCKISTS CHRISTMAS SALE 2009 Ended - see photos here

DAMIEN HIRST'S PAINTINGS

Damien Hirst the excellent painter - here
Damien Hirst and Reactionary Critics Damien Hirst Reviewed by Stuckists Damien Hirst the Stuckist

The critics said Damien Hirst's paintings are rubbish. They have been praised as "an outstanding achievement"
..... by a Stuckist .... in the Daily Mail. Now there's some irony for you.
23.11.09 (under the photo of Boris).

See more coverage in Culture 24 and on Spoonfed
What is Damien Hirst playing at? Charles Thomson writes for Counterpunch, 22.10.09.

Facebook group, "Supporters of Damien Hirst's paintings" here

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Misc


Conflict of interest as defined by a Turner Prize winner: Sunday Times 31.1.10

A. Forster bitches about the Stuckists in Sacramento News & Review (7.1.10)

And Adrian Searle rants about the Stuckists in The Guardian (1.2.10)

How to pronounce Stuckism - BBC guide

Interview in The Leader (Wrexham) 12.1.10. with Ana Ribeiro of Wrexham Stuckists.
See also photos of Ana at the 2009 Turner Demo here.

Billy Childish, co-founder of the Stuckists in 1999 (he left in 2001)
on BBC Radio 4 Midweek, 30.12.09. Listen again here.

Stuckists mentioned: 00.30, 01.02 and 16.18.
Libby Purves: "The Stuckists who defied
the fashion for conceptual and craftless art"

Charles Thomson's predictions for 2010 on Spoonfed 22.12.09

M.E. Murphy changes artistic direction through Stuckism. Read it here 22.12.09

Stuckism in Belgian magazine (H)Art 12.11.09 in an article on current UK art by Tom Jeffreys (Culture Editor of Spoonfed Media)


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