NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Ella Guru

Ella Guru (born May 24, 1966) is an American Stuckist painter and musician living in London. Her pseudonym is taken from a Captain Beefheart song on the Trout Mask Replica album. is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... The logo on the Stuckism International web site Stuckism is an art movement that was founded in 1999 in Britain by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson to promote figurative painting in opposition to conceptual art. ... Don Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet on January 15, 1941, in Glendale, California, U.S.) is an American musician and visual artist, best known by the pseudonym Captain Beefheart. ... Trout Mask Replica is the third studio album by Captain Beefheart (real name Don van Vliet) and His Magic Band. ...

Life and career

Guru was born in Ohio, USA and graduated from Ohio State University. She has lived in London since 1991 and is married to Stuckist artist Sexton Ming. Her daughter Lucy was born in 2004. In 1993, she was number one in the Indie charts with the group Voodoo Queens. Guru was one of the twelve founder members of the pro-figurative painting Stuckists art group, and took part in demonstrations against the Turner Prize outside Tate Britain in 1999. She started the Stuckist web site, which has been key to spreading the movement worldwide (now over 100 chapters in 30 countries). The same year she was awarded "Painter of the Year" by Amsterdam Gay News. This article is about the U.S. State. ... The Ohio State University (OSU) is a coeducational public research university in the state of Ohio. ... Sexton Ming (born in Gravesend, Kent England in 1961) is a British artist, poet and musician who was a founding member of The Medway Poets (1979) and the Stuckists art group (1999). ... The Voodoo Queens were a London-based girl group, who reached number one in the Indie Charts in 1993. ... The logo on the Stuckism International web site Stuckism is an art movement that was founded in 1999 in Britain by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson to promote figurative painting in opposition to conceptual art. ... Tate Britain: the venue for the Turner Prize. ... Tate Britain is a part of the Tate gallery network in Britain, along with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. ...

Guru is known for her alternative "underground" life style, used to frequent fetish clubs, and has a penchant for transvestites. The subject matter of her work often features such subjects, including many paintings of men and women wearing 1960s style beehive wigs. Although the content is frequently unorthodox, she paints in a "traditional" painterly style, and states that she prefers the National Gallery to Tate Modern. Richard Austin Quest (born March 9, 1962 in Liverpool) is an extremely irritating British news anchor based in London on the Cable News Network edition CNN International. ... CNN International (CNNI) is an English language television network that carries news, current affairs and business programming world-wide. ... Sir Nicholas Serota Makes an Acquisitions Decision, 2000, painting by Charles Thomson Go West is the title of the first exhibition by Stuckist artists in a commercial London West End gallery. ... Spectrum London is a London art gallery which shows contemporary figurative painting. ... This articles is about cross-dressing in general, that is the act of wearing the clothing of another gender for any reason. ... Londons National Gallery, founded in 1824, houses a rich collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900 in its home on Trafalgar Square. ... Tate Modern from the Millennium Bridge Tate Modern from St Pauls Cathedral. ...

In 2004, she was one of the fourteen "founder and featured" artists in The Stuckists Punk Victorian held at the Walker Art Gallery for the Liverpool Biennial.^[1] In 2006, she was one of the ten "leading Stuckists"^[2] in the Go West exhibition at Spectrum London gallery. The first national gallery exhibition of Stuckist art was at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool from September 18, 2004 - February 20, 2005. ... This page is about the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. ... The Liverpool Biennial is the UKs largest international festival of contemporary art. ... Sir Nicholas Serota Makes an Acquisitions Decision, 2000, painting by Charles Thomson Go West is the title of the first exhibition by Stuckist artists in a commercial London West End gallery. ... Spectrum London is a London art gallery which shows contemporary figurative painting. ...

Notes and references

This page is about the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. ... National Museums Liverpool Liverpool, England is Englandâ€™s only national collection based outside of London. ... is the 96th day of the year (97th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini/Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... This article concerns the British newspaper. ... is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini/Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...

Sources

Gallery

External links

The logo on the Stuckism International web site Stuckism is an art movement that was founded in 1999 in Britain by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson to promote figurative painting in opposition to conceptual art. ... The logo on the Stuckism International web site Stuckism is an art movement that was founded in 1999 in Britain by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson to promote figurative painting in opposition to conceptual art. ... Stuckist artists dressed as clowns demonstrate against the Turner Prize, Tate Britain, in 2000 Stuckist demonstrations since 2000 have been a key part of the Stuckist art groups activities and have succeeded in giving them a high profile both in Britain and abroad. ... The Stuckist art group was started in London in 1999 to promote figurative painting and oppose conceptual art. ... Stuckism was started in London in 1999. ... Billy Childish (real name Steven John Hamper) or William Charlie Hamper (born December 1, 1959) is an English artist, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist. ... Sir Nicholas Serota Makes an Aquisitions Decision, 2000, painting by Charles Thomson Charles Thomson (born February 6, 1953) is a British artist, painter, poet, photographer. ... Philip Absolon is an English artist currently based in Norfolk England. ... Frances Castle (born February 12, 1966 in Kingston upon Thames, England) is an artist and musician. ... Eamon Everall Artist & Educator. ... Wolf Howard (born April 7, 2006) is an artist, poet and filmmaker living in Chatham, Kent, and was a founder member of the Stuckists art group. ... God Is an Atheist: She Doesnt Believe in Me, by Bill Lewis, between 1997 and 2001. ... Joe Machine (born Chatham 1973) artist, poet and writer. ... Sexton Ming (born in Gravesend, Kent England in 1961) is a British artist, poet and musician who was a founding member of The Medway Poets (1979) and the Stuckists art group (1999). ... Charles Williams (born March 16, 1965) is a British artist born in Evanston, Illinois USA and a member of the Stuckist art group. ... Arfius Arf (born April 3, 1981) is a British artist from the industrial town of St. ... Its dark in here Mary Jane by Gina Bold. ... The Hypocrisy of Myners, a painting by Mark D, satirising the Tate gallery (Paul Myners is the Tate Chairman). ... Paul Harvey (born in Burton-upon-Trent, 1960) is an artist and musician. ... A detail of Midnight in the hotel Suburbia by Stephen Howarth. ... Oh Wow by Abby Jackson Abby Jackson (born 1982) is a British artist, Stuckist painter, writer and art activist. ... Art takes a Holiday by Naive John Naive John (born October 18 , 1962) is a British Stuckist artist and figurative painter. ... Rachel Jordan at The Stuckists Punk Victorian show, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 2004. ... Jane Kelly (born London 1956) artist and journalist, affiliated with the Stuckists art group since 2000. ... Painting of Emily Mann by Paul Harvey on the cover of the book The Stuckists Punk Victorian Emily Mann (born February 10, 1983) is a model, musician and Stuckist artist. ... Peter McArdle (born Tynemouth 1965) artist and member of the Stuckists art group since 2003, when he founded The Gateshead Stuckists as a response to the Baltics nihilism. He has been a full-time artist since 1983, and was an exhibitor in The Stuckists Punk Victorian show. ... Mandy McCartin (born April 10, 1958) is an artist based in London, a proud butch lesbian and DJ classic soul fanatic. She was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, and went to North East London Polytechnic (now the University of East London). ... Peter Murphy (born Leeds, England 1959) artist. ... Udaiyan or D.Udaiyan is the founder of the Cambridge Stuckists, a branch of the Stuckists art movement. ... Stella Vines Hi Paul Can You Come Over, portrait of Princess Diana, bought by Charles Saatchi Stella Vine (born 1969 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England) is an artist and former stripper in London. ... Elsa Dax (born May 14, 1972), is a French painter and a member of the Stuckists art movement. ... #407Untitled, mixed media on paper, 60cm x 80cm Guy Denning Guy Denning (born, 1965) is a British contemporary artist and painter based in Bristol,United Kingdom. ... Tyrants Pants collage by Michael Dickinson showing President Bush Michael Dickinson (born 1950 in Durham) is an English artist living in Turkey, who works with political and satirical collages. ... Self Portrait as a 16th Century Gentleman, charcoal and dry pastel on paper, 50cm x 70cm, year 2006, by Odysseus Yakoumakis (characteristic of his Principal style) Odysseus Yakoumakis (born 1956) is a Stuckist artist, painter and illustrator, based in Athens, Greece. ... ... Tony Juliano (born February 7, 1975) is a satirist painter in Orange, Connecticut and is affiliated with the British art movement Stuckism. ... Frank Kozik (born 1962) is a US-American graphic artist who is famous for his music posters and comic toys. ... Terry Marks is a Stuckist artist in New York City. ... Jesse Richards as Frank in his film Franks Wild Years Jesse Richards (born July 17, 1975) is a painter, filmmaker and photographer from New Haven, Connecticut and was affiliated with the British art movement Stuckism. ... Godfrey Blow (born October 6, 1948) is an artist based in Kalamunda, Western Australia. ... Captain Anthrax Vs Doctor Death in the arena of Tikis by Regan Tamanui Regan Tamanui is a self-taught artist based in Melbourne, Australia. ... Sir Nicholas Serota Makes an Acquisitions Decision, 2000, painting by Charles Thomson Sir Nicholas Serota Makes an Acquisitions Decision is the best known painting to come out of the Stuckism art movement and stands for the movements goal of opposing conceptual art. ... The first national gallery exhibition of Stuckist art was at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool from September 18, 2004 - February 20, 2005. ... Sir Nicholas Serota Makes an Acquisitions Decision, 2000, painting by Charles Thomson Go West is the title of the first exhibition by Stuckist artists in a commercial London West End gallery. ... A Dead Shark Isnt Art, Stuckism International 2003 The Stuckism International Gallery was the flagship for the Stuckist art movement. ... Spectrum London is a London art gallery which shows contemporary figurative painting. ... Defastenism is a Remodernist Art movement founded in Dublin in 2004. ... Neomodern is a term used to describe a new simplicity in art and in reaction to the complexity of postmodern architecture and eclecticism. ... Remodernism is a term promulgated by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson, in an attempt to introduce a period of new spirituality into art, culture and society to replace Postmodernism, which they accused of being bankrupt and cynical. ... Remodernist film developed in the United States and the United Kingdom in the late 1990s and early 21st century and is related to the British art movement Stuckism and its manifesto, Remodernism. ... Cellular Toxicity, a photograph by Larry Dunstan. ... Sexton Ming, Tracey Emin, Charles Thomson, Billy Childish and musician Russell Wilkinson at the Rochester Adult Education Centre December 11, 1987 to record the Medway Poets LP Bill Lewis, Sexton Ming, Rob Earl and Billy Childish: in Yoga position - August 2003 The Medway Poets were founded in North Kent in... Logo of The Romantic Anonymous Fellowship The Romantic Anonymous Fellowship was founded by the Stuckist painter Odysseus Yakoumakis on September of 2004, as the first, and currently the only, Greek group of Stuckism International. ... Louisa Buck is a British art critic and contemporary art correspondent for The Art Newspaper. ... fcghsdfhjxvbnxcvb ... Adrian Searle is the chief art critic of The Guardian newspaper in Britain, and has been writing for the paper since 1996. ... Nicholas Serota Sir Nicholas Serota (born 1946) is a curator, and is currently Director of the Tate Gallery, the United Kingdoms national gallery of modern and British art. ... Art intervention as a performance artist, with eyes closed, sits motionless for long periods balanced on an uncomfortable railing in Montmartre, Paris, France An art intervention is an interaction with a previously existing artwork, audience or venue/space. ... Joseph Kosuth, One and Three Chairs (1965) Conceptual art is art in which the concept(s) or idea(s) involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns. ... Damien Hirst (born June 7, 1965) is an English artist and the most prominent of the group that has been dubbed Young British Artists (or YBAs). ... Installation art uses sculptural materials and other media to modify the way we experience a particular space. ... The Saatchi Gallerys new premises in Chelsea, opening early 2007. ... The Upper Room by Chris Ofili The Upper Room is an installation of 13 paintings of rhesus macaque monkeys by English artist Chris Ofili in a specially-designed room. ... Tracey Emin RA (born 3 July 1963) is an English artist of Turkish Cypriot origin, one of the group known as Britartists or YBAs (Young British Artists). ... Tate Britain: the venue for the Turner Prize. ... White Cube is a contemporary art venue in Hoxton in the East End of London. ... The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living by Damien Hirst (1991). ...

Contents

Life and career var ACE_AR = {Site: '756743', Size: '300250'};

Notes and references

Sources

Gallery

External links

Life and career