English Explanatory Dictionary

Stuckism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An international art movement formed in 1999 by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson, opposing conceptual art in favour of figurative painting.

Pronunciation

/ˈstʌkɪzəm/

Word forms

Stuckism

Etymology

From stuck + -ism, coined in January 1999 by Charles Thomson after an angry remark from Tracey Emin, partner of artist Billy Childish: “Your paintings are stuck, you are stuck! Stuck! Stuck!”.

Related words

Stuckist
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