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“…The signal difference between Stuckism and former movements, many of which individual Stuckists are undoubtedly influenced by, is that, unlike them, Stuckist artists are not bound by a single easily identifiable stylistic ‘look’. Visiting a show of Stuckist work the viewer will be first struck by the diversity and eclecticism of the works on show, and it is this which makes Stuckism so difficult for the critic. They find here no easy stylistic or technical hooks upon which they can hang their outmoded critical methods.

The Stuckists as a group are not wedded to some formulaic and often stultifying notion of what a painting should look like, as in past movements. For them the unifying element is not visual: it is their overriding and enduring search for emotional veracity and their concern with the authenticity and honesty of the creative impetus.

Stuckists paint primarily because they are driven to paint, driven to express that element of their humanity which sets us apart from the animal world, namely creativity. Their work does not seek to be clever or original for its own sake, and at times may even appear clumsy and raw, but it is never dishonest and it never seeks to mislead or confuse the viewer in the form of convoluted egoistic one-up-man-ship which we see so often in galleries elsewhere today.

After a century of growing public alienation from the art world, Stuckism seeks to return the enjoyment and involvement of art to where it belongs, to the maker and the viewer. Stuckism, warts and all, is honest. What you see is what you get…”

Eamon Everall, founding Stuckist.

Stuckist Art Samples

	Odysseus Yakoumakis "The Sleeping Stradioti"
	Ian J. Burkett "The Sun Of The Eye"
	Ilania Abileah "Morin Heights Old & New"
	Lafi Degani "Kodo San"
	Anthe "Don’t look down"
	Susane Constanse "When I was a girl"
	Godfrey Blow "The Forgotten People"
	Jaime Braz "Untitled"
	Daniel Pincham-Phipps "Fosset’s Farm"
	Veronique Bessard-Sachs "The Broken Necklace"
	Elsa Dax "Rhea and Cronos"
	Terry Marks "The Hazmat Question"