"Across a seven-decade career, he made paintings, assemblages, and music that used American culture and history as raw material. He held solo exhibitions at the Hammer Museum and the New Museum, as well as blue-chip galleries like David Zwirner and Gagosian. He remained uncompromising in his vision - as curator Paul Schimmel put it, "He preferred to shoot himself in the foot than to be a pawn of the art world.""
"His geometric style was distinguished by clean lines, desaturated colors, and exploration of the portal motif. He was a professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art, and his works are in the collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Akron Art Museum, the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, and more."
"As a kid in the 1970s, he was inspired by the graffiti on buildings and subway cars throughout the Bronx. He began painting under the alias "Popeye" - and "Prince," "Lord138," "Slurp," and countless more - eventually starting his own crew, Freaks at Large (FAL), and showing at galleries internationally."
Several prominent figures in the art world recently passed away, spanning multiple disciplines and generations. Llyn Foulkes had a seven-decade career producing paintings, assemblages, and music that mined American culture and history and showed at major institutions and blue-chip galleries. Another artist developed a geometric style marked by clean lines, desaturated colors, and a portal motif, taught at the Maryland Institute College of Art, and is represented in several museum collections. A Bronx-born graffiti artist adopted aliases including "Popeye" and founded the crew Freaks at Large, later exhibiting internationally. A long-running Minneapolis gallerist promoted both international and local artists. A jewelry executive led Sotheby's U.S. division and purchased Verdura.
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