This is the first major exhibition to recognise the Stuckists. Stuckism is a radical art movement founded in London in 1999 to advance new figurative painting. Stuckists believe that 20th century Modernism has lost its way and they are opposed to the present forms of Conceptual Art.

The name Stuckism was derived, in the best historical tradition, from an insult, in this case from 1999 Turner Prize Nominee, Tracy Emin, to ex-boyfriend Billy Childish:

"Your paintings are stuck, you are stuck! Stuck! Stuck! Stuck!"

This was quoted in a poem by Billy childish. Charles Thomson subsquently coined the term Stuckism and proposed joining forces to found a group. Many of the principles of Stuckism are set out in a manifesto, "The Stuckists". Stuckism is now a world-wide movement.

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