Galerie illégitime 11

Name: Galerie illégitime 11
SKU: GI-11
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A compact and precisely structured painting inspired by Robert Filliou’s Galerie légitime, where the idea of a portable, accessible art space is translated into pictorial form. A central architectural shape emerges in layered blues, combining controlled instability with material clarity.

Drawing on the legacy of Gerhard Richter’s photo-paintings while moving toward a more direct, expressive resolution, the work holds the image in a delicate balance between construction and dissolution. Part of The Paintings Section From Davis Museum, it situates itself within a broader dialogue on artists’ self-institutional practices, while remaining a self-contained and visually coherent work.

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Davis Lisboa, Galerie illégitime 11, 2018. Oil on linen, 30 × 30 × 3.5 cm (11.8 × 11.8 × 1.38 in).

The work draws on Robert Filliou’s Galerie légitime—a portable gallery conceived to activate art in any context—and translates this principle into a painting of contained scale and precise structure.

The composition is organized around a central architectural form built in shades of blue. Initially informed by Gerhard Richter’s photo-paintings, the image here resolves more directly: volume is defined through visible brushwork and soft tonal transitions, maintaining a subtle visual instability.

Integrated into The Paintings Section From Davis Museum, the work engages with artists such as Marcel Duchamp, Robert Filliou, and Marcel Broodthaers, alongside works including Boîte-en-valise, Galerie légitime, and Musée d’Art Moderne, Département des Aigles.

The use of the museum’s institutional blue and the square format reinforces its formal coherence, establishing the work as a clear and self-contained unit within the expanded system of the Davis Museum.