Undeterred, Llyn kept making his art even when no one was paying attention to his efforts.Ĭhris Quilty – This film is specifically a portrait of a fascinating and aging artist who really takes his sweet old time with his work, but there’s also a more universal story here. What happened over the next forty years, Llyn’s work and influence was shown with less frequency as his contemporaries shot to fame. His fame as an artist seemed promising in the 1960’s when he won several awards here and abroad, sold paintings to major museums and had one man shows at the top galleries and museums. Llyn works alone – without the aid of assistants – which is incredibly rare in contemporary art, and he plays The Machine, a one man band contraption he built by hand which has the effect. TH- We followed the painter and musician Llyn Foulkes from age 70, when the art world seemed to have forgotten about him, till age 77 when he was at last rediscovered. VIMOOZ: Tell us about the film – the story? Tamar Halpern: We are thrilled to be included and cannot wait to share this film as we worked on it for eight years. VIMOOZ: First, congratulations on LLYN FOULKES ONE MAN BAND being an official selection in the 2013 LA Film Festival … Are you nervous, excited by the upcoming premiere We caught up with filmmakers, Tamar Halpern and Chris Quilty at the LA Film Festival getting ready for their big World Premiere. Directed and produced by first-time documentary filmmakers, Tamar Halpern and Chris Quilty, the documentary chronicles 7 years of Llyn Foulkes’s life from ages 70 to 77. During the seven years chronicled in the film, artist and musician Llyn Foulkes creates, destroys, and recreates a pair of large-scale, three-dimensional paintings, one that costs him his marriage, while trying to keep afloat in the fickle art market.
LLYN FOULKES ONE MAN BAND, a feature documentary about artist and one-man-band musician Llyn Foulkes, will have its World Premiere at the 2013 LA Film Festival on Thursday, June 20.