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From: Charles Thomson Category: Art Date: 07 October 2006 Time: 08:05 PM Review: What a daft review. What do you mean "In my view, they don't really believe any of this"? So if you have a view of something does that mean it creates a reality? Have you ever spoken to any of the Stuckists for example? Have you ever spoken to me? I've done a bit more research on the subject - I have spoken to them (and I've also spoken to myself), so I think I am in good position to state a view based on evidence, not fantasy, and I find they do really believe in any of this. You really haven't got a clue. The Stuckists don't claim to be against "conceptualism" (whatever that might be in this context). They claim to be against conceptual art, because of its lack of concepts. Stuckists are pro-concepts and as you say are engaged in "an overwhelmingly conceptual enterprise", as are all valid art movements, because they promote work which embodies certain ideas. If you think the work is "rubbish" and signifies "almost nothing except emptiness", I don't think you have a clue what you are talking about. Charles Thomson www.stuckism.com