Musea E-mail Club #491 Stuckism and Modern Art
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This time I’m going to look at the revolution in art and talk about
Stuckism.
Stuckism is an international art movement started in Britain in 1999
by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson. It strongely opposes the abuses
of modern art. The group’s ideas sounded much like my own and I wanted
to contact them.
I did. I suggested some of my own work protesting modern art abuses,
and I got a couple of nice e-mails back from Thomson. He, for example
commented that he enjoyed the Snake Oil Video (see below).
I think it is important to note that I’ve sent many similar responses
to
mainstream art magazines and art groups and NONE of them responded.
It shows me that the Stuckists are more engaged and involved with
others.
Thomson and his group have targeted the trendy art prize, the Turner
Prize, awarded by the Tate Gallery.The group also opposes conceptual
art, and favors a more back to basics art.
That’s something I like, as you can see here in this summary of my
art ideas:
http://musea.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/musea-extra-summary-
of-the-re…
1. I’ve used a youtube video to promote a conceptual art project to
bring down conceptual art! (the infamous Snake Oil Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WneXAHfuvwc&feature=channel_
page
2. I’ve also responded to one Turner Prize winner, Martin Creed, with
my own conceptual art work that literally “turns out the lights’ on
conceptual art in a conceptual art work, “The End of Modern Art”.
3. And finally to show the positive directions I suggest art should
go, there is this short talk on Art as one of the “5 Doors to the Art
Revolution”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAp9LUx-KXI
Now back to Stuckism. It has grown to 202 groups in 48 countries.
The American group was the second group founded outside the UK.
I salute all Stuckists, I agree with your cause, and will support you
in bringing back quality to the visual arts! Art is fun and exciting
again and you have helped bring that about!
For more info on the group http://www.stuckism.com/
Tom Hendricks
(editor of the 17 year old zine Musea)
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