| Stuckism - The History | | | | unnatural color schemes, coupled with bold |
| Art has been evolving throughout the history, | | | | brushwork. The main objection of the Stuckism |
| affected by various factors, like social and political | | | | was against the group, 'Young British Artists' or |
| changes or a quest for innovation. Stuckism is one | | | | YBAs. This Western Art style is still known for its |
| of the most recent art styles and is merely a | | | | sarcastic undertones. |
| decade old. It is a British genre of art, which came | | | | Stickist Examples |
| into being as a 'reaction' to the Conceptual Art, | | | | Stuckism's banner work, 'Sir Nicholas Serota |
| popularly known as Installation Art, of 1960s. The | | | | Makes an Acquisitions Decision' is a mocking piece, |
| proponents of this original group of 13 members | | | | targeting Serota, the chairperson of the jury of |
| expressed their resentment against the virtual | | | | Turner Prize. Charles Thomson created this |
| monopoly of the Installation Artists through | | | | painted piece in the year 2000, to lampoon the |
| demonstrations and campaigns. These artists | | | | distasteful 1999-installation display by Tracey Emin, |
| rejected Conceptual works as a mockery of art, | | | | titled 'My Bed.' This installation consisted of an |
| and took strong exceptions to the official | | | | unmade bed with a display of the numerous |
| recognitions, like the prestigious Turner Prize, going | | | | objects of intimate use, from Tracey's own |
| to the Installation artists year after year. | | | | house. This work was a nomination for the |
| The Correlations | | | | Turner Prize in the same year. Interestingly, it |
| The underlying motive of the co-founders of | | | | could not bag the award, but made Serota the |
| Stuckism, Charles Thomson and Billy Childish, was | | | | 'protagonist' of the popular Stuckist caricature. |
| to bolster Figurative painting. A form of | | | | Geographical Spread |
| Representational Art, Stuckism draws inspiration | | | | Stuckism did not remain confined to England. It |
| from the real-life objects. Narratives suggest that | | | | extended its reach to the US, Australia, and rest |
| this term was adopted after the Conceptual | | | | of the Europe, a year after it was born on the |
| Artist Tracey Emin, called Billy Childish, a "Stuck." | | | | British territory. Lead Stuckists from the US |
| Figurative Realism is what the Stuckists claim as | | | | include Tony Juliano, Terry Marks, and others. |
| their characteristic style. | | | | Susan Constanse was the founding member of |
| Post Impressionism and German Expressionism, | | | | the first US Stuckist group in Pittsburg. Regan |
| of the late nineteenth & early twentieth | | | | Tamanui was the first Stuckist in Australia and |
| century were among the most revered | | | | founded his group in Melbourne. At its maiden |
| predecessor art movements for the Stuckists. | | | | national level exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery, |
| However, many works in this Western Art | | | | Liverpool in 2004, Stuckists described their works |
| Movement carried the elements of Fauvist sect | | | | as deliberately 'shocking. |
| of painting. Fauvism was known for its 'wild' and | | | | |