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Regan Tamanui is a self-taught artist based in Melbourne, Australia. In October 2000, he founded the Melbourne Stuckists, the fourth Stuckist group to be started and the first outside of the United Kingdom. The Stuckists are pro-painting and anti-conceptual art. ==Career== In October 2000, Regan Tamanui, a jazz, ska and skank fan, discovered the London Stuckist group whilst surfing the internet. He sent an email and then founded the Melbourne Stuckists.〔2004 ("International Stuckists" ) Liverpool Museums. Accessed 16 April 2006〕 He saw "The main (point) that really stood out was the ability to wake up and paint pictures." 〔Coslovich, Gabriella (2001)("The Art of Being Stuckist" ) ''The Age'' 24 May 2001. Accessed on stuckism.com, 16 April 2006〕 This was the fourth Stuckist group to be started and the first one outside the UK, thus launching an international movement that by 2006 counted 127 groups in 32 countries. On 27 October 2000 he staged the first Stuckist show outside the UK, when he mounted the ''Real Turner Prize Show'' at the Dead End Gallery in his home in Reno Road, Sandringham, concurrent with three shows of the same title (two in England and one in Germany) in protest against the Tate Gallery's Turner Prize.〔2000 ("Real Turner Prize Show 2000 in Australia" ) stuckism.com October 2000. Accessed 16 April 2006〕 Besides Tamanui, the other initial members of the Melbourne group were Justin Grub, Ben Blanchette, Malcome Mmackie and Dave Freeman Rose. A subsequent line-up was Basil Kouvelis, Justin Grubb, Ben Frost, Nigel Stein, Daniel Gorzadek, Stephen Sperling and Dennis Roper. Tamanui expressed his and the group's artistic philosophy: In May 2001, Tamanui, Stein, Grubb and Kouvelis were represented with 24 international groups in the London show ''Vote Stuckist'', so named because Stuckist co-founder, Charles Thomson, was standing as a candidate in the United Kingdom general election, 2001 against the then-Culture Secretary, Chris Smith. In November 2001, the Melbourne Stuckists staged a show ''Houdini to Hofmann'' at the Chiara Goya Gallery, which included some UK Stuckist work for the first time. Kaye Blum made a short documentary on the group, ''Art Gets Unstuck''. The film is structured around the artists reading lines from the Stuckists Manifesto written by Charles Thomson and Billy Childish. It was first shown at the ''Jaffas Down the Aisle'' film festival in Melbourne in October 2001, then in 2002 at the ''International Film Festival of Fine Art'' in Hungary and the ''Asolo Arts Film Festival'' in Italy, where it was nominated for best student short. In July 2002, Tamanui, along with other Australian Stuckists was shown at ''The First Stuckist International'', the inaugural show of the Stuckism International Gallery, Shoreditch, London. The show also included Godfrey Blow who had followed Tamanui's lead and founded a Perth Stuckists group. In October 2002, Tamanui opened the Stuckism International Centre Australia, with an ongoing exhibition of work, as well as the first international Stuckist show in Australia, ''Stuck Down South'', at the FAD Gallery. This included founding Stuckists, Thomson, Ella Guru and Sexton Ming. (Like the London gallery it has now ceased operating.) In March 2003, Tamanui was exhibited in ''Stuck in Wednesbury'', the Stuckists' first show in a public gallery, held in Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery, England. Since 2004, Tamanui has been represented by (Criterion Gallery ) in Hobart. He has made a successful transition to the commercial gallery arena, with art collectors increasingly interested in his street inspired stencilling. Many public galleries are also considering his work, including the National Gallery of Australia who purchased a number of works for their permanent collection. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Regan Tamanui」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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