Stuckism
Proper noun
Meaning
Stuckism
An international art movement formed in 1999 by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson, opposing conceptual art in favour of figurative painting.
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Examples
An international symposium on Stuckism took place in October 2006 at the Liverpool John Moores University during the Liverpool Biennial.
Chai had written, among other things, the words "Anti Stuckism" on his bare back.
The first one was The Stuckists, consisting of 20 points starting with "Stuckism is a quest for authenticity ".
Stuckism has since grown into an international art movement of 233 groups in 52 countries, as of July 2012.
Stuckism International Gallery From 2002 to 2005 Thomson ran the Stuckism International Centre and Gallery in Shoreditch, London.
This was announced in the In Pittsburgh Weekly, 1 November 2000: "The new word in art is Stuckism.