"During a career spanning seven decades, Foulkes created a vast and diverse body of work bound together by his use of humor and satire to address subjects that many considered dark or outright taboo. Chief among these was the sacrifice of childhood upon the altar of commerce, performed by such capitalistic megaliths as Disney, whose Mickey Mouse figured prominently in his oeuvre."
"Llyn Foulkes was born in Yakima, Washington, on November 17, 1934. While studying music and art at Central Washington College of Education, Ellensburg, he was drafted into the US Army, serving two years in postwar Germany. On his return to the States, he moved to Los Angeles, where he studied at the Chouinard Art Institute (now the California Institute of the Arts) until 1959."
Llyn Foulkes produced a seven-decade career creating work unified by humor and satire addressing taboo subjects. He focused on the sacrifice of childhood to commerce, invoking Mickey Mouse as a symbol of commercialization and its dangers. He was born in Yakima, Washington, on November 17, 1934, studied music and art at Central Washington College of Education, was drafted and served two years in postwar Germany, then moved to Los Angeles to study at the Chouinard Art Institute until 1959. Early works recalled Pop art and incorporated ephemera like postcards and vintage landscapes. By the late 1960s he adopted a rag-based paint application and later created assemblage portraits with misshapen or obscured features.
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