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''Sir Nicholas Serota Makes an Acquisitions Decision'' is one of the best known paintings to come out of the Stuckism art movement,〔VISUAL ARTS: Saying knickers to Sir Nicholas ; The Stuckist art movement has, at last, been granted a major show in a national gallery: Cripps, Charlotte. The Independent ((UK) ) 07 Sep 2004: p.18.〕〔Cripps, Charlotte. ("Visual arts: Saying knickers to Sir Nicholas ), ''The Independent'', 7 September 2004. Retrieved from findarticles.com, 7 April 2008.〕 and a likely "signature piece" for the movement,〔 〕 standing for its opposition to conceptual art. It was painted by the Stuckism co-founder Charles Thomson in 2000, and has been exhibited in a number of shows since, as well as being featured on placards during Stuckist demonstrations against the Turner Prize. It depicts Sir Nicholas Serota, Director of the Tate Gallery, and the usual chairman of the Turner Prize jury. "Emin" satirises Young British Artist Tracey Emin's installation ''My Bed'', consisting of her bed and objects, including knickers, which she exhibited in 1999 as a Turner Prize nominee.〔Cassidy, Sarah. ("Stuckists, scourge of BritArt, put on their own exhibition" ), ''The Independent'', 23 August 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2008.〕 ==Background and description== In 1999, Thomson was the co-founder, with Billy Childish of the Stuckism art group, which set out to promote figurative painting, in opposition to conceptual art, which they identified with the Turner Prize (whose jury chairman was Sir Nicholas Serota) and the Young British Artists, of which Tracey Emin (who had once been in a relationship with Childish) was a leading representative. Thomson's painting shows Serota, the director of the Tate gallery. He is smiling behind a large pair of red knickers on a washing line, saying "is it a genuine Emin (£10,000)" and thinking, "or a worthless fake?". This is a reference to Tracey Emin's ''My Bed'', literally a display of her (dishevelled) bed with detritus which included a pair of her knickers, shown in the 1999 Turner Prize at Tate Britain.〔 The image was painted over a few days and in a final 24-hour non stop stint.〔("Charles Thomson" ), stuckism.com. Retrieved 22 March 2008.〕 "My painting of Serota has become an icon of the Stuckist movement because it states our position in art," said Thomson. "We are for new figurative painting and anti stale, old conceptual art."〔 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「Sir Nicholas Serota Makes an Acquisitions Decision」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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