The American artist, Llyn Foulkes, who was born in Yakima, WA in 1934, is one of the most noteworthy discoveries of the last documenta. As the first museum in Europe, the Museum Kurhaus Kleve is showing a comprehensive retrospective of his work with about 100 works from the early 1960s to the present. A particular accent will be placed on the reciprocal relationship between fine art and experimental music.
Llyn Foulkes is a key figure in the art scene of the U.S. west coast, creating an oeuvre that is as fascinating as it is unwieldy. It starts in the early 1950s with paintings redolent of surrealism leading, via combine paintings and assemblages starting in about 1959, and the disturbing portraits of the 1970s, to the works critical of society and consumption of the past decades which can equally well be spoken of both as paintings and material images. In them he thematizes the shady sides of the 'American way of life' with its unconditional striving for individual happiness and material well-being.

A catalogue is available for this exhibition.
"Llyn Foulkes" was organized by the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.
The exhibition was made possible by major gifts from Susan Steinhauser and Daniel Greenberg/The Greenberg Foundation in honor of Mickey Gribin; Kayne Foundation – Maggie Kayne; and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
The exhibition was curated by Ali Subotnick, Curator, and the presentation at Museum Kurhaus Kleve was organized by Harald Kunde, Director.

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Curator Harald Kunde - Ali Subotnick -