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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 208 Stuckist groups in 48 countries.

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Charles Saatchi
by Paul Harvey

Photos of the private view here


Some people from Maidstone visited the show, and made
this video in an attempt to compete with X Factor.

We are pleased to announce that disagreements with the gallery over the staging of the show Stuckist Clowns Doing Their Dirty Work have now been resolved and the show will be running till Friday 3 September. The gallery have agreed to display Paul Harvey's painting of Charles Saatchi in the window.

The show goes on: see Newcastle Journal (28.8.10) and Coxsoft (27.8.10).

For the back story see Dow Jones Financial News (26.8.10), Daily Mail (7th item) (26.8.10), Coxsoft (26.8.10), Spoonfed (25.8.10), Evening Standard (24.8.10) Philippa Adams, Senior Director, Saatchi Gallery, emailed us, "Charles Saatchi is presently away, but I can confirm he would not have any problem with Paul Harvey's painting being displayed."

See also Facebook page.

Permanent page for the show here.

"the antithesis of the continuing vogue for high-concept pseudo-theoretical claptrap."
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Spoonfed

Stuckist Clowns Doing Their Dirty Work

Artspace Galleries
18 Maddox Street, Mayfair, London W1S 1PL

Gallery tel: 0207 993 2721. Stuckist tel: 0208 8343 4282 or 07779 303885.
23 Aug - 3 Sept 2010
Open Mon-Sat 10.30 am - 7 pm
Closed Bank Holiday, 30 Aug

Tube: Oxford Circus

Paintings by artists including Ella Guru, Paul Harvey, Joe Machine, Charles Thomson, Eamon Everall, Mark D, Philip Absolon, Peter Murphy, Chris Yates, Jane Kelly, Edgeworth Johnstone, Shelley Li, John Bourne, Jacqueline Jones, Infinity Bunce, Alexis Hunter, Annie Zamero, Ana Ribeiro, Nick Christos..

Private view: Thu 26 Aug, 6.30 - 9.30 pm
Register on the Facebook page for invite.
Subscribe to the Spoonfed London Art free weekly newsletter here.

Guy Denning, Stuckist artist, in The Independent (5.8.10)

This site is one of Spoonfed's Top 10 London Art Blogs - though "Not strictly speaking a blog". (27.7.10)

Jane Kelly is being treated for ovarian cancer. See her blog icantbelieveitsreallycancer , and her article in The Daily Telegraph (19.7.10)

In debate with art critic Richard Cork, Stuckist co-founder Charles Thomson talked about the
Saatchi Gallery bequest (describing it as "a kind of cultural equivalent of Legoland) on BBC Radio 4 PM programme (2.7.10). Some of the discussion was broadcast on PRI's The World (1.7.10)

Spoonfed on Wallace Collection 110th anniversary with Stuckist support for Hirst (22.6.10).

Charles Thomson writes on the future of art in FAD (19.6.10).

Hugh Muir in The Guardian (5th item), 15.6.10, on Stuckism, Billy Childish, Edgeworth Johnstone, Eileen Cooper RA, Mark D (aka Randall) and Stella "go fuck yourself" Vine. Mark D exhibits an "ominous" work (image left) in the Royal Academy Summer Show 2010. See here.

Newsweek, Polish edition (6.6.10), runs a feature on Stuckism. It includes a photo of the Stuckist shark, and starts with a description of Darren Udaiyan's painting The Enemies of Art (Google translation): "Easily identify traitors. Among them is the UK's biggest collector Charles Saatchi, his wife, the famous cook Nigella Lawson and popular critic of the Guardian by Jonathan Jones."

Brisbane Gallery of Remodernism announced. Info here.

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

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

Spoonfed listings of London art

For sale on Ebay: 2008 Turner demo pack

Victoria Press publishes a new book on Stuckism by Dr. Robert Janás.


Misc

It's the start of Turner Prize purgatory 2010: Evening Standard Londoner's Diary (5.5.10)

Martin Creed generously donates instructions for an empty room with a light going on an off to the Tate: Independent (23.4.10)

The Irish Times (22.4.10) lists the Paxman Stuckism video as its first Youtube "arts gem". Watch here.

Ben Davis on Artnet (April 2010) reviews Billy Childish's show at White Columns in New York and his connection with Stuckism.

Chris Yates gives work for Haiti charity: Bury Times (20.3.10)
Paul Harvey donates work to cancer charity: The Journal (17.3.10)


Check out

Show now ended - more info here
The Enemies of Art - "The Stuckists are enemies of art" - Jonathan Jones, art critic The Guardian 2.10.09

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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"Challenging concepts of art is one of the specialities of this bunch – the Stuckists" - Culture24
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