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The Stuckist Manifesto was a declaration written by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson that argued against conceptual and modern art trends. It emphasized the importance of genuineness, self-expression, tradition, and skill in art. -
Photographed is a picture of the first stuckist group at the Real Turner Prize Show, Pure Gallery, Shoreditch, London -
This painting is called "Sir Nicholas Serota Makes an Acquisitions Decision" by Charles Thomson, which mocks Nicholas Serota (who was a known major supporter of conceptual art) for judging work by its monetary value and trendiness. -
Shown is a piece made using oil pastels by stuckism founder Billy Childish, made in 2000, called "The Kiss of Art" -
The Last Supper is a painting by Ella Guru, 2000 -
In 2000 Charles Thomson painted "The Rescue of the Painter (with Serota Watching)" This piece tells a story of a painter being saved, symbolizing the salvation or redemption of traditional values in art. -
Photographed is the first Stuckist demonstration which took place on Turner Prize Day, November 28, 2000. The group dressed as clowns and paraded outside Tate Britain to rally against the Turner Prize. -
Philip Absolon photographed Art Protesters, 2002 -
In 2002 the Stuckism International Gallery opened up in shoreditch, which displayed both group and individual shows of stuckists work. -
In 2002 a group of stuckist artists left a coffin marked "The Death of Conceptual Art" outside of the White Cube gallery in Shoreditch. -
A Dead Shark Isn't Art by Charles Thomson, 2003, is a direct jab at Damien Hirst's widely known "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living". -
In 2004 the Stuckist Punk Victorian was held and was the first national gallery exhibition of Stuckist art. -
In 2005 the Stuckism International Gallery was taken over by La Viande Gallery, who displayed a stuckist exhibition that September called "Painting is the Medium of Yesterday" -
Stuckists demonstrations have played a key role in the artists agenda of fighting conceptual art and promoting figurative painting. -
Victoria Beckham: America Doesn't Love Me by Mark D. (Degenerate), 2008 -
The Virgin of the Tower Block is a painting by Ella Guru, 2021 -
Scream in Wells painted by Philip Absolon, 2024