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Revision as of 15:54, 18 November 2004 by 193.1.216.99 (talk) (→D E F A S T E N I S M)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Stuckism is a British Art Movement of the 1990s and 2000s, founded by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson. The name was coined by Thomson in response to the following comment, made by artist Tracey Emin to Childish, then her boyfriend:
- Your art is stuck, stuck, stuck!
The Stuckists formed as an alternative to the Charles Saatchi-patronised Young British Artists (also known as Brit Art). The group are defined by their Stuckist Manifesto that places great importance on the values of traditional artistic skills over the popularity of "easy" installation pieces, and oppose modernism (at least as it is presently practised in art).
The Stuckists later declared that they aimed to replace postmodernism with remodernism.
The Stuckists have become more active in recent years and have broadened their ideological basis. They even put forward a Stuckist candidate, Charles Thomson, for the 2001 British General Election.
Childish later left Stuckism but remains committed to its principles
In July 2002 Thomson opened the Stuckism International Centre and Gallery in Hoxton, London. Other Stuckists have opened Centres in Australia, America and Germany. There are now 50 Stuckist groups round the world.
Defastenism constitutes a sister movement to stuckism but is more interested in the exploration of the arist's fascinations than in the modernist revival.
D E F A S T E N I S M
The Defastenists are close to creating an unstoppable remodernist art scene RECALLING THE EXCITEMENT OF DADA AND FUTURISM BUT IN THE HERE AND NOW in Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Galway,Drogheda and New York. Bored with the diadactic and pessimistic art of postmodernism: The Defastenists make art inspired by their desires, fetises, obsessions and eccentricities. Founded in Dublin by artists Gary Farrelly and Alex Reilly, personel include: David Mc Dermott, Oisin Byrne, Padraic Moore, Louisa Loomes, Sofie Iremongre, Liam Ryan, Donna Marie O'Donovan, Karim Mezianne and Seannan Oliver Manfred Kerr www.defastenism.4t.com