After the traveling Llyn Foulkes retrospective that started at the Hammer, then transformed the New Museum this Fall and now continues into Europe at the Museum Kurhaus Kleve in November, we have come to understand not only the significance of Foulkes but also his singular contribution to art history.
In the past several years, Foulkes's work has been so prominently exhibited that the importance of his work and the wide range of his influence has been acutely felt. While he has continuously in the past 50 years been recognized and singled out with important museum shows and distinctions, in the past three years alone, he has had a major presence in Venice Biennale (2011), Documenta 13 (2012), Punta della Dogana (2013), Pacific Standard Time (2011), combined with a critical mass of press, and a new documentary "Llyn Foulkes: One Man Band," that is touring film circuits also bringing to light Foulkes's musical practice. The Hammer retrospective brought together over 150 works with a new monograph clarifying the astounding innovation and depth to each of Foulkes' bodies of work.Videos