 During the foundation of the group, Ming brought in his girlfriend, Guru, who in turn invited Castle.In August 1999, Childish and Thomson wrote "The Stuckists manifesto" which stress the value of painting as a medium, its use for communication, and the expression of emotion and experience – as opposed to what Stuckists see as the superficial novelty, nihilism and irony of conceptual art and postmodernism.The most contentious statement in the manifesto is