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The Stuckists Punk Victorian
Show at the Walker Gallery for the 2004 Liverpool Biennial

See Article in Wikipedia: The Stuckists Punk Victorian

The show was extended from two to a five-month run. A Walker spokesperson described it as "a really, really popular show and very successful."
(Quote supplied for a Stuckist press release sent out on 27 July 2005.)
The Stuckists Punk Victorian
in the Walker Gallery
& the Lady Lever Art Gallery
(National Museums Liverpool)

18 Sept 2004 - 20 Feb 2005

Part of the Liverpool Biennial
Left: Emily Mann with Paul Harvey's painting of her.

Information on all the artists: Walker Gallery web site

Listen to Bill Lewis, founder Stuckist, on Stuckism and Remodernism on the BBC site
Tony Juliano page with photos of show and artists



THE STUCKISTS PUNK VICTORIAN at THE WALKER GALLERY, LIVERPOOL 2004
Foreground: Rachel Jordan and Paul Harvey. Between them (back turned): Bill Lewis.
Background paintings, left to right: Wolf Howard, Mandy McCartin, Charles Thomson, Ella Guru.

Stuckist artists believe in 'honest and uncensored expression'. Their wide range of subject matter includes themes of a sexual and violent nature. Some of the images in this exhibition may not be suitable for children.

Charles Thomson, Sir Nicholas Serota, Joe Machine at The Stuckists Punk Victorian show PHOTO
"Meanwhile, Nicholas Serota, of the Tate Gallery, was impressed by the Stuckist show at the Liverpool opening, pronouncing it a "lively" show; as well he might. His portrait, painted by Charles Thomson, was two feet away, featuring a gaudy pair of Tracey Emin's knickers and Mr Serota's grinning visage."
- The Scotsman, Simon Pia's Diary 22.9.04 here

"people... should try and go and see the Stuckist exhibition"
- Gavin Turk, BBC website listen here
"lively" - Sir Nicholas Serota, Director of Tate "a travesty" - Paul Myners, Chairman of Tate
"certainly not... conventional painting... very bold and explicit images" - Mark Lawson, BBC Radio 4 listen here
"The next big thing in art will be... The Stuckists" - Simon Pia, The Scotsman here
"new figurative art" - The Independent "dreadful" - Adrian Searle, The Guardian here
"One of the worst exhibitions ever shown in a national museum"
- Tony Godfrey, Sotheby's, Burlington Magazine
"the top of Europe's cultural agenda....a worthy argument for painting as the fundamental medium of artistic expression... a refreshing willingness to be understood in today's world of oblique messages"
- Velocity here
"This is no flash in the pan" - Vickie Paget, P&O Irish Sea
"a mishmash of modern art movements, chewed up, spat out and spiked with a dash of psychosis"
- Laura Gascoigne, The Spectator
"the Stuckists have a strong philosophical base... far from traditional or conservative... paintings in Punk Victorian are as shocking as anything Jake and Dinos Chapman could produce"
- Susan Mansfield, The Scotsman here
"major national exhibition" - Flux magazine "major show in a national gallery" - The Independent
"The Stuckists... have taken another step on the road to critical acceptance" - The Sunday Times
"They’ve spent years fighting the establishment. Now... the Stuckists have been invited to join it. "
- www.24hourmuseum.org.uk
"their five-month exhibition last autumn drew thousands of people to the Walker" - The Times
"their subject matter quirky, their skills immediate, apparent and part of, as opposed to the subject of, their achievement" - Parameter magazine here.
And here's a poem.

THE STUCKISTS PUNK VICTORIAN BOOK
A superb 144 page book in full colour with over 150 illustrations
- a landmark publication with biographies and paintings from 37 Stuckist artists
- new essays by Stuckist co-founder Charles Thomson and author Paul O'Keeffe
- previously unpublished photos of artists, demonstrations and shows

RRP £14.95. How to order here

A STUCKIST ON STUCKISM essay by Charles Thomson from The Stuckists Punk Victorian book. Read online here. Download word doc (16 pages) here

"STUCKISTS TEAR INTO BRITART'S FINEST"
Article in The Independent (4.11.04) . Cutting here.
"The Stuckists, a group of contemporary artists opposed to conceptual art, are about to publish their first book. It's called Punk Victorian, and contains some hard-hitting stuff. Damien Hirst is dismissed as a "Harry Enfield-type character", and "a ridiculous yob artist". The Tate director Sir Nicholas Serota, is a "hypocrite", and Charles Saatchi a "copycat", responsible for a "dysfunctional decade of art". But it is Tracey Emin who cops the most stick. Before achieving fame, Emin had an affair with the Stuckist, Billy Childish. The book picks over this, and credits Childish with "discovering" her. It also alleges that Emin has erased him from her CV. "
THE REAL TURNER PRIZE 2004
All the paintings in The Stuckists Punk Victorian were eligible for The Real Turner Prize 2004.
It was awarded to Jane Kelly.

"DAILY MAIL SACKS WRITER WHO PAINTED HINDLEY PICTURE"
IN THE STUCKISTS PUNK VICTORIAN SHOW
- The Guardian here (30.9.04) + Jane Kelly page here

"Stella Vine threatened suicide if her work was included at the Biennial. Unfortunately, the owner of the painting bowed to her request."
- The Scotsman, Simon Pia's Diary 22.9.04 here

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FRINGE SHOWS FOR STUCKISTS PUNK VICTORIAN
These shows are independent of the Walker Gallery and this web site, and the sole responsibility of their promoters.

LONDON
"STIGMATA" OR "CENSORIOUS": THE STUCKISTS PUNK VICTORIAN
Statement by Harold Werner Rubin here on the work of Stella Vine and Gina Bold
excluded from the Walker show.
Paintings by Gina Bold. Paintings of Stella Vine and Gina Bold by Charles Thomson. Also Philip Absolon.
The Rivington Gallery, 69 Rivington Street, Hoxton, London EC2A 3AY
18 Sept - 3 Oct 2004, Wed - Sun noon-5pm (Extended to 10 Oct)
Email: Rivingtongallery@aol.com Tel: 020 7739 7855
Part of the F-est weekend 1-3 Oct, with over 80 East End galleries. Details here.

ENGLAND
STUCK IN THE COUNTRY
Paul Harvey, Peter McArdle and Anne Forte, plus gallery artists
Brockdam Gallery, Brockdam, Nr Ellingham, Northumberland NE67 5HN
8 Oct - 26 Nov 2004. Open Sat & Sun 11am - 5pm (Mon - Fri by appointment).
Tel 01665 589 097 Mobile 0795 2245751, email maidenvoyageprod@aol.com

GERMANY
STUCKISTS IN THE WALKER - STUCKISTS IN LEWENHAGEN
Work is on show in the castle and the Art Maze.
Stuckism International Germany, Atelier Lewenhagen, Lewenhagen 37127 (nr. Hanover)
Sun 12 Sept, 10am - 6pm. Then till 20 Feb 2005 by appointment.
Tel: 0049 5502 2114, email marylewenhagen@yahoo.com

SCOTLAND
STUCKIST PUNK VICTORIAN LITE IF YOU CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO GO TO LIVERPOOL
Ella Guru, Philip Absolon, Paul Harvey, Peter McArdle, Wolf Howard, Charles Thomson, John Grant, Margaret Grant, Naïve John, Daniel Pincham-Phipps, John Bourne, Remy Noe, Rachel Jordan, Anne Forte, Jane Kelly, Mary von Stockhausen and the banned painter Gina Bold.
1a Gayfield Street Lane, Edinburgh EH1 3LT
Sat 25 Sept and Sat 2 Oct, open 1-5.30pm. Then till further notice open by appointment.
Phone 07981 509126, email anneforte@mac.com Private view: 1-3pm Sat 25 Sept

WALES
MORE OF THE WELSH BIT OF THE STUCKISTS PUNK VICTORIAN
Stuckism International Wales, Wrexham.
18 Sept 2004 - 20 Feb 2005. Visits by appointment only.
Web site: www.stuckismwales.co.uk. Email:enquiries@stuckismwales.co.uk Tel: 01978 760 283

USA
THE STUCKISTS PUNK VICTORIAN IN THE TOILET
A show of paintings in a bathroom.
80 Howe Street#408 New Haven, CT. 06511 USA.
Sept. 22- Nov. 18, 2004
Viewing by appointment only: email scoundrel@cuntyscoundrel.com
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