Editing Stuckism (section)

==Ex-Stuckists==
Co-founder Billy Childish left the group in 2001, but has stated that he remains committed to its principles. Sexton Ming left to concentrate on a solo career with the [[Aquarium Gallery]]. Wolf Howard left in 2006, but has exhibited with the group since. [[Jesse Richards]] who ran the Stuckism Centre USA in New Haven, left the group in 2006 to focus on [[Remodernist film]].

[[File:Vote Stuckist 2001 Machine and Vine (2).jpg|thumb|[[Stella Vine]] (right) with Charlotte Gavin (left) and [[Joe Machine]] at the ''Vote Stuckist'' show in 2001, where her work was first shown publicly.<ref name=sos23/>]]

In June 2000, Stella Vine went to a talk given by Childish and Thomson on Stuckism and Remodernism in London.<ref name=salon>[http://www.stuckism.com/StellaVine/Salon.html "Stella Vine the Stuckist in photos"], stuckism.com. Retrieved 18 December 2008.</ref> At the end of May 2001, she exhibited some of her paintings publicly for the first time in the ''Vote Stuckist'' show in Brixton, and formed The Westminster Stuckists group.<ref name=sos23>
[[Charles Thomson (artist)|Thomson, Charles]] (August 2004), "A Stuckist on Stuckism: Stella Vine", from: Ed. Frank Milner (2004), ''The Stuckists Punk Victorian'', p. 23, [[National Museums Liverpool]], {{ISBN|1-902700-27-9}}. Available online at [http://www.stuckism.com/Walker/AStuckistOnStuckism.html#Vine stuckism.com].</ref> On 4 June, she took part in a Stuckist [[Stuckist demonstrations#Trafalgar Square|demonstration in Trafalgar Square]].<ref name=salon/><ref>[http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1318399/Getty-Images-Entertainment?axd=DetailPaging.Search%7c1&axs=0%7c56344716%2c56270150%2c56270140%2c56270139%2c56270138%2c56270137%2c56270136%2c56270135%2c56270134%2c56270133%2c56270132%2c56270131%2c56270130%2c56270128%2c56270101%2c56270100%2c56270099%2c56270095%2c56270093%2c56270092%2c56270091%2c56270090%2c3120280%2c3120146%2c3120112%2c3120109%2c3107445%2c1318401%2c1318399 "New sculpture in London's Trafalgar Square"], [[Getty Images]], 4 June 2001. Retrieved 6 January 2008.</ref> By 10 July, she had renamed her group The Unstuckists.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20011015205854/http://www.stuckism.com/news.html#unstuck Stuckism news: Westminster Stuckists come unstuck"], stuckism.com, 10 July 2001. Retrieved from [[Internet Archive]], 9 January 2009.</ref> In mid-August, Thomson and Vine married.<ref>"Trouble and strife", ''[[London Evening Standard]]'', p. 12, 20 August 2001.</ref> A work by her was shown in the Stuckist show in Paris, which ended in mid-November, by which time she had rejected the Stuckists,<ref name=sos23/> and the marriage had ended.

In February 2004, Charles Saatchi bought a painting of [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], by Vine and was credited with "discovering" her. Thomson said it was the Stuckists and not Saatchi who had discovered her.<ref name=alleyne2>Alleyne, Richard. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1455547/The-Saatchi-effect-has-customers-queueing-for-new-artist.html "The 'Saatchi effect' has customers queueing for new artist"], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', 28 February 2004. Retrieved 10 January 2008.</ref> At the end of March 2004, Thomson made a formal complaint about Saatchi to the Office of Fair Trading, claiming that Saatchi's leading position was monopolistic "to the detriment of smaller competitors",<ref name=stummer>Stummer, Robin. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/charles-saatchi-abuses-his-hold-on-british-art-market-567914.html "Charles Saatchi 'abuses his hold on British art market'"], ''[[The Independent on Sunday]]'', 28 March 2004. Retrieved 17 December 2008.</ref> citing Vine as an example of this.<ref name=renton>Renton, Andrew. "Artists' licence; Collector Charles Saatchi, artist Tracey Emin and painter Stella Vine have all been criticised for 'unfair' practices. But 'fairness' would kill art.", ''[[London Evening Standard]]'', p. 41, 6 April 2004.</ref> On 15 April, the OFT closed the file on the case on the basis that Saatchi was not "in a dominant position in any relevant market."<ref>[http://www.stuckism.com/Saatchi/SaatchiOFT.html#Conclusion Charles Saatchi reported to OFT: OFT conclusion"], stuckism.com. Retrieved 10 January 2009.</ref>