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[[File:Stuckism International Gallery 2004.jpg|thumb|right|300 px|Stuckism International Gallery in 2004]]
The '''Stuckism International Gallery''' was
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 (artist)|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. He subsequently made the purchase on his own.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}
The Stuckism International Gallery opened July 2002 at 3 Charlotte Road, [[Shoreditch]], in a four-story Victorian warehouse, {{convert|70|yd}} away from the [[White Cube]] gallery, which represents [[Tracey Emin]] and [[Damien Hirst]], [[conceptual artists|conceptual art]] which the Stuckists oppose.<ref name=brandish>Alberge, Dalya. "Artists brandish brushes at rivals", ''[[The Times]]'', 20 July 2002, p. 3. Online [http://www.stuckism.com/zPressText/10TimesSIG20-07-02.html reprint], retrieved 17 February 2008.</ref> 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...<ref>[http://www.stuckism.com/CentreLondon.html "Archive: Stuckism International Gallery, London"], stuckism.com. Retrieved 17 February 2008.</ref>
[[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."<ref name=buckman>Buckman, David: "Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945", page 775. Art Dictionaries, 2006</ref><ref>Alberge, Dalya. "Students accuse art college of failing to teach them the basics", ''[[The Times]]'', 8 July 2009, p. 9. Online [http://www.stuckism.com/SPHowarth/TimesArticle.html#PicTop reprint], retrieved 4 March 2007.</ref> 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''.
[[File:Stuckism International Gallery 2003.jpg|thumb|left|The White Cube gallery is at the end of the road]]
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".<ref name=brandish/><ref name=kent/><ref name=barr>Barr, Damian. [https://archive.today/20100530100758/http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/cool_in_your_code/hard_code/article1352876.ece "Follow me to the edge: Cool in your code, Hoxton"], ''[[The Times]]'', 9 February 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2009.</ref>
[[File:Stuckists Death of Conceptual Art demo.jpg|thumb|Stuckist artists leave a coffin, marked "The death of conceptual art", outside the [[White Cube]] gallery in [[Shoreditch]], 25 July 2002.]]
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.<ref name=prudames-first>
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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."<ref name=prudames-first/> ''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 (company)|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."<ref name=kent>Kent, Sarah. "The Stuckists: Stuckism International", ''[[Time Out (company)|Time Out]]'' (London), 7 August 2002, p.60. Reprint [http://www.stuckism.com/zPressText/5TimeOut5.8.02.html online], retrieved 12 September 2009.</ref>
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."<ref>
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In December 2002 the gallery staged
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[[File:Stuckist International Gallery 2003 (shark 1).jpg|thumb|''A Dead Shark Isn't Art'', Stuckism International, 2003.]]
On 17 April 2003, when the [[Saatchi Gallery]] opened in new premises at [[County Hall, London|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) [[Smalleye hammerhead|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.<ref>
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<ref name=alberge-shark>Alberge, Dalya. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080906111936/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1128824.ece "Traditionalists mark shark attack on Hirst"], ''[[The Times]]'', 10 April 2003. Retrieved 6 February 2008.</ref> 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.
The Stuckists suggested Hirst may got the idea for his work from Saunders' shop display.<ref name=deadshark>[http://www.stuckism.com/Shark.html "A Dead Shark Isn't Art" on the Stuckism International web site] Retrieved 20 March 2006</ref>
In September 2003, the gallery collaborated with the [[Charles, Prince of Wales|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 [[Young British Artists|BritArt]] artist [[Gavin Turk]], who is normally somebody we would attack."<ref>Guest, Katy. "Jacobson set to thrash Amis—at ping-pong", Pandora (6th article), ''[[The Independent]]'', p.17, 18 September 2003.</ref> 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.<ref>[[Charles Thomson (artist)|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 [http://www.stuckism.com/Walker/AStuckistOnStuckism.html#Bold online], retrieved 12 September 2009.</ref>
[[File:Stuckism International Gallery BBC set (1).jpg|thumb|left|Gallery as a BBC set for ''The Long Firm''.]]
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''<ref>[http://www.stuckism.com/StuckCentre1/Porn.html "Stuckism International as porn shop"], stuckism.com. Retrieved 17 February 2008.</ref> (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 (writer)|Tony White]] and [[Colin MacCabe]].<ref>Stevens, Andrew. [http://www.3ammagazine.com/buzzwords/2004/jul.html "A riot of our own"], ''[[3:AM Magazine]]'', 5 July 2004. Retrieved 6 February 2008.</ref> 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.<ref>Adams, Guy. "Pandora: Saatchi stuck in street", (4th article), ''[[The Independent]]'', p.8, 18 May 2004.</ref>
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<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040812140028/http://www.stuckism.com/CentreLondon.html "Stuckism International: Hysterical Shock"], [[Stuckism]] web site, 12 August 2004. Retrieved from the [[Internet Archive]], 15 November 2008.</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.stuckism.com/Bold/indexHS.html "Stuckism: Gina Bold"], [[Stuckism]] web site. Retrieved 6 February 2008.</ref>
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===La Viande===
[[File:2005 Painting is the Medium of Yesterday.jpg|thumb|Stuckist show at La Viande gallery, 2005.]]
Thomson moved in 2005 and the premises were taken over by La Viande gallery,<ref name=barr/> which staged a Stuckist exhibition in September 2005, called ''"Painting Is the Medium of Yesterday"—Paul Myners CBE, Chairman of Tate Gallery, Chairman of Marks and Spencer, Chairman of Aspen Insurance, Chairman of Guardian Media, Director of Bank of England, Director of Bank of New York. A Show of Paintings by the Stuckists, as Refused by the Tate Gallery. Guaranteed 100% Free of Elephant Dung.''<ref name=past>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060221165544/http://www.laviande.co.uk/pastexhibitions/pastexhibitions.html "Some past exhibitions"], La Viande. Retrieved from [[Internet Archive]], 12 September 2009.</ref>
A large photo was displayed in the gallery window of [[Paul Myners]], who had made the remark, "Painting is the medium of yesterday", to the Stuckists during their [[Stuckist demonstrations#2004|demonstration]] in 2004 against the [[Turner Prize]] at [[Tate Britain]].<ref name=cityspy>"Cityspy", ''[[Evening Standard]]'', p.26, 4 October 2005.</ref> He had also told them that their popular<ref name=cityspy/> show, ''[[The Stuckists Punk Victorian]]'' at the [[Walker Art Gallery]] in Liverpool, was "a travesty".<ref name=cityspy/><ref>For an account of Paul Myners' encounter with the Stuckists see [http://www.stuckism.com/Tate/Tate04.html#Myners stuckism.com].</ref>
In February 2008, La Viande staged ''Disney Heroines Committing Suicide'', a show of two Stuckist artists, [[Abby Jackson]] and [[Mark D]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080131210701/http://www.laviande.co.uk/whatson/ "What's on"], La Viande. Retrieved from [[Internet Archive]] on 12 September 2009.</ref> the latter's work satirising [[Stella Vine]]'s paintings.<ref name=deedes>Deedes, Henry. [https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/pandora/scrum-down-at-the-dorchester-781532.html "Vine's Stuckist rival sticks one on her at exhibition"], ''[[The Independent]]'', 13 February 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2008.</ref> La Viande closed in July 2008.<ref>[http://www.laviande.co.uk/gallery/ "La Viande: Gallery"], La Viande. Retrieved 15 November 2008.</ref>
==List of shows==
[[File:Stuckism International Gallery 2004 (Charles Thomson).jpg|thumb|[[Charles Thomson (artist)|Charles Thomson]] outside the gallery in 2004]]
'''Group Shows'''
*''The First Stuckist International''
*''War on Blair''
*''The Real Turner Prize Show 2002''
*''Stuckist Classics..''
*''Stuckist Classics 2''
*''Stuckist Classics 3''
*''The Stuckist Summer Show 2003''
*''Kith and Kids'' charity show
*''Cabinet of Conceptualism
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*''A Dead Shark Isn't Art'',
*''Intellectual Property'', photos by [[Larry Dunstan]]
*''The Vagina Monologues Of An Essex Boy'', [[David Beesley]]
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*''Hysterical Shock'', [[Gina Bold]]
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:2002 I Don't Want a Painting Degree.jpg|''I Don't Want a Painting Degree if it Means Not Painting'', [[Stephen Howarth]], June 2002
Image:2002 First Stuckist International (1).jpg|''The First Stuckist International'', July 2002
Image:2002 First Stuckist International (2).jpg|''The First Stuckist International'', July 2002
Image:2002 Real Turner Prize Show (2).jpg|''The Real Turner Prize Show 2002'', December 2002
Image:2003 Stuckists Summer Show (1).jpg|''The Stuckists Summer Show'', June 2003
Image:2003 The Pinhole Photography.jpg|''The Pinhole Photography of a Gifted Gentleman Amateur'', [[Wolf Howard]], October 2003
Image:2004 3am Good Sex Prize.jpg|''[[3:AM Magazine]]'' ''Good Sex Prize'', July 2004
Image:2004 Hysterical Shock.jpg|''Hysterical Shock'', [[Gina Bold]], July 2004
</gallery>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons|Stuckism International Gallery}}
* [http://www.stuckism.com/CentreLondon.html Stuckism International Gallery Archive] * [http://www.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041207145054/http://larrydunstan.com/exhibitions_7.htm Intellectual Property photography show by Larry Dunstan at Stuckism International]
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/longfirm/ ''The Long Firm'' on the BBC web site]
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