MODERN
ART OXFORD 2007
Stella
Vine exhibited at Modern Art Oxford, 17 July - 23 September 2007. Press
release here.
Curiously her CV jumps from 1999 to 2003: "In 1999 Vine studied
painting part time at Hampstead School of Art. She opened the Rosy Wilde
gallery in 2003." This omits to mention that in 2001 she joined
the Stuckist movement. The missing episode can be found here
+ photos
The
Stuckist connection was made in press coverage of the show, as seen
below.
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Pandora by Oliver
Duff in
The Independent (3rd story) (5.6.07)
Stella
Vine and Stuckism on Morrissey-Solo Forums here
Stuckist "cult" with "slightly sinister leader"
says Rachel Campbell-Johnston
in The
Times (18.7.07)
Guardian
blog by Paul Moody on Stella Vine and Stuckists here
(12.7.07)
An article on Stella Vine is not entirely complimentary to Stuckism
- there's a surprise!
The Observer (8.7.07)
Waldemar
Januszczak attacks the Stuckists in The
Sunday Times (10.6.07)
The Sunday Times magazine, page 17
Photo: Almasi
Waldemar Januszczak
joins in the Stuckists at the
2004 Turner Demo.
Letter
in The
Sunday Times (17.6.07)
Sticking
up for the Stuckists
I
was very sympathetic when Stella [Vine] told me about her problems with
her stepfather (The Paint Stripper, Magazine, last week). However, as
her accounts of our relationship become increasingly imaginative and
removed from reality, I have to question the veracity of her other stories
too.
Of course there was a proper, albeit brief, ceremony: you can’t get
married by accident [regarding Vine’s quotes about our marriage]. It
is also remarkable of her to have found my diary, as I don’t keep one.
When
Waldemar Januszczak says nobody in the art world takes the Stuckists
too seriously, he is presumably limiting the art world to a metropolitan
elite. The Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, which is a national museum,
took us seriously enough to mount a major five-month show for the 2004
Liverpool Biennial, and described it as “a really, really popular show
and very successful”.
Charles
Thomson, Co-founder, The Stuckists, London, N2
And
Billy Childish's response to the article, in The
Sunday Times (24.6.07) (4th letter)
STELLA
VINE'S ONGOING STUCKIST INFLUENCE
For Princess Diana
and other earlier paintings see here
"I personally know both these artists, Karen Kilimnik
and Elizabeth Peyton. I do see Elizabeth's influence but Stella
is being dishonest not saying how much the Stuckists influenced
her works. This is obvious."
- John Lekay (email 11.6.07), editor www.heyokamagazine.com
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Stella
Vine
2001
Below is work done by Stella Vine at the Hampstead
School of Art in 2000/2001, before she joined the Stuckists.
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Which
is the influence?
According to Stella Vine, the 5 artists below are
the inspiration for the subsequent change in her work. |
Stella
Vine
2005
Images are shown alongside Stella Vine's well known
2005 painting of Kate Moss for comparison. |
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Stella Vine with her
work in 2001 in
the Vote Stuckist show, Brixton.
Stella
Vine has denied any debt to Stuckist artists in general and Charles
Thomson in particular. In an interview
in The Sunday Times (15.6.04), she said her inspiration was
from Sophie Von Hellerman, Anna Bjerger, Paul Housley, Karen Kilimnik
and Elizabeth Peyton. The influence of these artists is apparent
in some of her work, but in a painting such as Holy Water Cannot
Help You Now the obvious derivation is from the work
of Charles Thomson, her former husband, and co-founder of
the Stuckists. He said, "Stella was particularly keen on
my painting A Single Woman in London Is Never More than Six
Inches from the Nearest Rat. She said it showed I understood
female sexuality (which I found surprising) and wanted me to do
a copy of it for her." The high key colour with a flat background,
the simplicity and the composition have a striking similarity,
not found in the artists whom she cites as influences.
The
connection is obvious to complete strangers. Elaine K. Bond says
on the Daniel
North blog (12.1.07):
"I used to read English
news papers and first saw Stella Vine at The Saatchi gallery...then,
when I saw the Stuckists' paintings, I thought: "oh, they're painting
like Stella Vine!" I didn't know that she was married to
Mr Thomson and was inspired by the 'Stuckist School.'"
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Leading Lady
by Sophie von Hellermann |
Holy Water Cannot
Help
You Now by Stella Vine |
(Title unknown)
by Anna Bjerger |
Holy Water Cannot
Help
You Now by Stella Vine |
Blue Girl by
Paul Housley |
Holy Water Cannot
Help
You Now by Stella Vine |
Snow White by
Karen Kilimnik |
Holy Water Cannot
Help
You Now by Stella Vine |
Nick and Pati
by Elizabeth Peyton |
Holy Water Cannot
Help
You Now by Stella Vine |
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According
to Stella Vine, the work below is not an influence - judge for
yourself!
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A Single Woman
in London Is Never More than Six Inches from the Nearest Rat by
Charles Thomson (2000) - image reversed for comparison
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Holy Water Cannot
Help
You Now by Stella Vine |
Woman with a
Hammer by Charles Thomson (2000) - image reversed for comparison
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Holy Water Cannot
Help
You Now by Stella Vine |
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