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The Stuckism International Gallery was the gallery of the Stuckist art movement. It was open from 2002 to 2005 in Shoreditch, and run by Charles Thomson, the co-founder of Stuckism. It was launched by a procession carrying a coffin marked "The death of conceptual art" to the neighbouring White Cube gallery. The gallery staged group and solo shows of Stuckist paintings, and displayed a preserved shark as a challenge to Damien Hirst and Charles Saatchi. The premises were taken over by La Viande gallery, which shut in 2008. ==History== Charles Thomson had originally intended to buy a Shoreditch warehouse building with his then-wife, Stella Vine, but, after the arrangements had been made, she withdrew from the project.〔Johnson, Angella, "Stella is a violent, lying She-Devil who told me: 'As long as we are married I won't have sex with you'", ''The Mail on Sunday'', 7 March 2004.〕 He subsequently made the purchase on his own.〔 The Stuckism International Gallery opened July 2002 at 3 Charlotte Road, Shoreditch, in a four-story Victorian warehouse, away from the White Cube gallery, which represents Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst, conceptual art which the Stuckists oppose.〔Alberge, Dalya. "Artists brandish brushes at rivals", ''The Times'', 20 July 2002, p. 3. Online (reprint ), retrieved 17 February 2008.〕 Thomson lived on the premises, using the ground floor and basement for a studio. He said: :The space was designed to fulfill the belief stated in our manifesto that the best space for art is not a white wall gallery but the more human space of a home (or a musty museum). The main space was my living room. It had sofas and normal home lighting, not gallery spotlights, which create a separation between the art and the viewer. People could come in, sit down, maybe have a cup of tea and experience the art as part of their environment, if they wanted to. The upstairs walls were either brick or painted maroon, and the downstairs a deep green. It was a small oasis in the greyness of the outside environment...〔("Archive: Stuckism International Gallery, London" ), stuckism.com. Retrieved 17 February 2008.〕 Stephen Howarth was a member of the Students for Stuckism group at Camberwell College of Arts and in 2002 was "expelled from the painting course for doing paintings."〔Buckman, David: "Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945", page 775. Art Dictionaries, 2006〕〔Alberge, Dalya. "Students accuse art college of failing to teach them the basics", ''The Times'', 8 July 2009, p. 9. Online (reprint ), retrieved 4 March 2007.〕 He was given a show, before the official opening of the gallery, with the title ''I Don't Want a Painting Degree if it Means Not Painting''. To celebrate the opening of the gallery, the Stuckists carried a cardboard coffin round to the nearby White Cube gallery to announce "The Death of Conceptual Art".〔〔〔Barr, Damian. ("Follow me to the edge: Cool in your code, Hoxton" ), ''The Times'', 9 February 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2009.〕 This event also launched the first formal group show at the gallery which was ''The First Stuckist International''. The show had Stuckist art from around the world including Melbourne, Pittsburgh and the Ivory Coast. It ran till October 2002, reinforcing the Stuckist manifesto endorsement of content, meaning and communication through painting as the most viable contemporary form of art. 〔 〕 David Prudames of 24 Hour Museum reviewed the show, "This exhibition of Stuckist work from around the world at a purpose built gallery lays the movement's foundations and states it is here to stay."〔 ''Arty'' magazine edited by Cathy Lomax of Transition Gallery said, "Work presented here is always a wonder to behold... The best painted space in town—the coloured walls are themselves better than some galleries' shows... Art with attitude, whatever style you happen to enjoy. And there are more styles here than you'd be led to believe." However, Sarah Kent stated in ''Time Out'', "it will prove their undoing. These vociferous opportunists are revealed to be a bunch of Bayswater Road-style daubers without an original idea between them."〔Kent, Sarah. "The Stuckists: Stuckism International", ''Time Out'' (London), 7 August 2002, p.60. Reprint (online ), retrieved 12 September 2009.〕 In October 2002 the Gallery displayed a betting slip by Sean Hall. This was a bet that "Charles Saatchi, the renowned contemporary art collector, will purchase the original of this betting slip for pounds 1,000 or more on or before 31 December 2005." 〔 〕 In December 2002 the gallery staged ''The Real Turner Prize Show'' to protest that the Tate's Turner Prize should be for paintings. The four artists shown at the gallery—Ella Guru, Mandy McCartin, Paul Harvey and Charles Williams—shared the Stuckist prize.〔 〕 On 17 April 2003, when the Saatchi Gallery opened in new premises at County Hall with a display of Damien Hirst's work, including ''The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living'' (a shark in formaldehyde in a vitrine), the Stuckism gallery displayed a stuffed shark in their window. This 148 kg (325 lb) golden hammerhead shark had been caught off Florida in 1989, two years before Hirst's work was made, by Eddie Saunders, who displayed it in his Shoreditch shop, JD Electrical Supplies. 〔 〕 〔Alberge, Dalya. ("Traditionalists mark shark attack on Hirst" ), ''The Times'', 10 April 2003. Retrieved 6 February 2008.〕 Thomson asked: :If Hirst’s shark is recognised as great art, then how come Eddie’s, which was on exhibition for two years beforehand, isn’t? "Do we perhaps have here an undiscovered artist of genius, who got there first, or is it that a dead shark isn’t art at all? Not only did Eddie catch it himself — unlike Hirst — but it is also in considerably better condition. :We can’t see why Hirst’s shark was made so much fuss of when Eddie’s has been in a public London venue all this time. A lot of people admired it in his shop, but I doubt that anyone considered it a work of artistic genius.〔 The Stuckists suggested Hirst may got the idea for his work from Saunders' shop display.〔("A Dead Shark Isn't Art" on the Stuckism International web site ) Retrieved 20 March 2006〕 In September 2003, the gallery collaborated with the Prince of Wales in hosting a charity show and auction with paintings including ones by Judi Dench, Jerry Hall and, said Thomson, "a painting from the BritArt artist Gavin Turk, who is normally somebody we would attack."〔Guest, Katy. "Jacobson set to thrash Amis—at ping-pong", Pandora (6th article), ''The Independent'', p.17, 18 September 2003.〕 The next month, the gallery's scheduled show, ''The Real Turner Prize Show'', was cancelled because of a dispute with Gina Bold, one of the artists, over how it should be promoted.〔Thomson, Charles, "A Stuckist on Stuckism" in: Milner, Frank ed. (2004), ''The Stuckists Punk Victorian'', p.23, National Museums Liverpool, ISBN 1-902700-27-9. Essay (online ), retrieved 12 September 2009.〕 In February 2004, the gallery exterior was turned into a 1960s and 1970s sex shop frontage as a set for the BBC2 gangster drama, ''The Long Firm''〔("Stuckism International as porn shop" ), stuckism.com. Retrieved 17 February 2008.〕 (based on the book by Jake Arnott). In May 2004, Mounsi was presented with the inaugural 3AM Good Sex Prize at the gallery for his book, ''The Demented Dance'', after an event which included readings by Tony White and Colin MacCabe.〔Stevens, Andrew. ("A riot of our own" ), ''3:AM Magazine'', 5 July 2004. Retrieved 6 February 2008.〕 Later that month, Charles Saatchi and his wife, Nigella Lawson arrived in a black cab to visit the gallery, but failed to gain admission, as Thomson was upstairs drinking coffee and Saatchi did not ring the bell.〔Adams, Guy. "Pandora: Saatchi stuck in street", (4th article), ''The Independent'', p.8, 18 May 2004.〕 The last exhibition at the Gallery, in July 2004, was a solo show, ''Hysterical Shock'', consisting of 12 paintings by Gina Bold from private collections〔("Stuckism International: Hysterical Shock" ), Stuckism web site, 12 August 2004. Retrieved from the Internet Archive, 15 November 2008.〕 and named after the title of one of them. It was curated by Louise Urwin and Tom Cowley. Bold was invited to participate in the show, but did not reply or attend it.〔("Stuckism: Gina Bold" ), Stuckism web site. Retrieved 6 February 2008.〕 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「Stuckism International Gallery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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