Valerioism began just before the turn of the twenty first century in Cornwall and concerns the movement inspired by the prominent yet elusive Artist Valerio, whose influence was to inflame the entire establishment, not only through
Art but through architecture, poetry, music and philosophy. It was the initial turning point of recreational professionalism, which turned away from what had become the convention and pre conception of what
Art was generally considered to be in that region and
time. After the commercialisations and corporate attempts to monopolise the high street by means of
Art retail and the inevitable retaliations by the
true creative
core, the independent Artists and galleries were to steer once again towards the
raw essence of
true social/theological and environmental concerns, In an attempt to once again create enduring
Art and to encourage genuine patrons to think and feel instead of succumbing to the inherent obsessive compulsive aquisition mentality that had become so common.
This in turn coined the term Valerious.