Charles Thomson is an English artist, poet and photographer. In the early 1980s he was a member of The Medway Poets. In 1999 he named and co-founded the Stuckists art movement with Billy Childish. He has curated Stuckist shows, organised demonstrations against the Turner Prize, run an art gallery, stood for parliament and reported Charles Saatchi to the OFT. He is frequently quoted in the media as an opponent of conceptual art. He was briefly married to artist Stella Vine. Wikipedia
“Artists who don't paint aren't artists.”
Milner, Frank (ed): The Stuckists Punk Victorian [National Museums Liverpool, 2005], p. 134
From The Stuckist Manifesto (1999) co-written with Billy Childish
“It has become an ongoing national joke.”
From The Turner Prize manifesto (2000) http://www.stuckism.com/realturner.html, co-written with Billy Childish
On the Turner Prize. Mostly quoted as "an ongoing national joke" or a "national joke."
“Doodles done by a lobotomised computer.”
Dalya Alberge, "Painter Wins Turner Prize" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2486773,00.html The Times, 2006-12-04
On the 2006 Turner Prize winner, Tomma Abts, an abstract painter.
"Interview with Charles Thomson of the Stuckists" http://www.artistica.co.uk/2006/01/29/interview-with-charles-thomson-of-the-stuckists/ artistica.com, 2006-01-29.
Richard Moss, "Stuckist's Punk Victorian gatecrashes Walker's Biennial" http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/exh_gfx_en/ART24134.html 24hourmuseum.org.uk, 2004-09-17. Accessed 2007-02-01.
On Marcel Duchamp.
“The Turner should be renamed the B&Q diy prize.”
Dalya Alberge, "One Man and His Boat Sail into a Storm over the Turner" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1905555,00.html The Times, 2005-12-06.
On the 2005 Turner Prize winner, Simon Starling, who turned a shed into a boat and back into a shed.
