Stuckism
//ˈstʌkɪzəm// name
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Proper Noun
- 1 An international art movement formed in 1999 by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson, opposing conceptual art in favour of figurative painting.
"In 2003 Saunders' shark was put on display in the Stuckism International Gallery in East London under the title A Dead Shark Isn't Art."
Example
More examples"In 2003 Saunders' shark was put on display in the Stuckism International Gallery in East London under the title A Dead Shark Isn't Art."
Etymology
From stuck + -ism, coined in January 1999 by Charles Thomson after an angry remark from Tracey Emin, partner of artist Billy Childish: “Your paintings are stuck, you are stuck! Stuck! Stuck!”.
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