ART SYMPOSIUM
Llyn Foulkes (Kent Gallery, New York)
Wednesday, May 18 / 5:00 PM / Free
Isla Vista Theater, 960 Embarcadero Del Norte
Llyn Foulkes’ emotionally-charged expressionism
uses assemblage as a visual response to the vanishing
American notion of “Truth, Justice, and the American
Way.” Through the late sixties and into the seventies,
Foulkes created trademark landscape paintings that utilized
the iconography of postcards, vintage landscape photography
and Route 66-inspired hazard signs. These became sly
symbols of the broken promise of freedom once embedded
in the open road. Seen as a pioneer of the L.A. art
scene of the sixties, Foulkes has continued to insert
drama and innovation into his painting. His work POP,
1986-1990 utilizes fragments of clothing and upholstery
combined in a bas-relief assemblage, a process borrowed
from theater set design. POP was exhibited in 1992 in
Paul Schimmel’s influential show “Helter
Skelter: L.A. Art in the 90’s” at the Museum
of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Foulkes currently
lives and works in Los Angeles and shows at the Kent
Gallery in New York.
Sponsored by the College of Creative Studies, the department
of Art and the IHC.
Music Credit: Bob Dylan: Highway 61; Desolation Row
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