:: Stuckism :: :: Stuckism Manifestos ::
"We question pictures, before listening to them, we question them at random. And we are astonished when the reply we had expected is not forthcoming." +Rene Magritte+
THE MINNEAPOLIS STUCKISTS
(est. 2005)
Founded by S.R. Michaud
with stuckist intent
"Stuckism is a radical and controversial art group that was co-founded in 1999 by Charles Thomson and Billy Childish
(who left in 2001) along with eleven other artists. The name was derived by Thomson from an insult to Childish from
his ex-girlfriend, Brit artist Tracey Emin, who had told him that his art was 'Stuck'. Stuckists are pro-contemporary
figurative painting with ideas and anti-conceptual art, mainly because of its lack of concepts. Stuckists have
regularly demonstrated dressed as clowns against the Turner Prize. Several Stuckist Manifestos have been issued. One
of them Remodernism inaugurates a renewal of spiritual values for art, culture and society to replace the emptiness of
current Postmodernism. The web site www.stuckism.com, started by Ella Guru, has disseminated these ideas, and in five
years Stuckism has grown to an international art movement with over 100 groups round the world. These groups are
independent and self-directed"
"Stuckist artists are not required or expected to subscribe wholesale to any ideas in manifestos, nor even necessarily
to agree with each others work. What they have in common is the recognition of a mutual underlying ethos.
The connection between the work can only be appreciated behind the stylistic diversity in the primary importance of
truth to self and experience, emotional engagement, meaning, content and communication."
www.stuckism.com/info.html
Email: mplsStuckism@studiomichaud.com
Who I'd like to meet: Minneapolis Stuckists!?! All creative sorts. You?
Who I'd like to meet in preson:
Charles Thomson and all these katz and kittenz below. Click on a pic, you'll see why!
The "Train" Rolls In By Tom Weber Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN
BYRON -- Wayne "the Train" Hancock, whose traditional country music is strongly influenced by Hank Williams and Bob Wills, will perform at 8 p.m. April 25 at the Byron American Legion Post.
Hancock calls himself a "hillbilly with attitude," and says he wants to take back country music from the over-commercialization of recent decades. As a clue to his viewpoint, Hancock is based in Austin, Texas, rather than the traditional country hometown of Nashville.
"I'm like a stab wound in the fabric of country music in Nashville," Hancock has said.
The AllMusic Guide says of Hancock, "A rare breed of traditionalist, one who imbues his retro obsessions with such high energy and passions that his songs never feel like the museum pieces he's trying desperately to preserve. "
Hancock's latest CD, "Viper of Melody," is produced by Lloyd Maines, who has produced albums for Wilco, Uncle Tupelo and the Dixie Chicks.
Tickets are $15, available at the door. Opening act is Brother Music Sister Rhythm. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., music starts at 7 p.m.
If you want to actually go to the Post Bulletin site and read the article click HERE.
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