Musée des Aigles Modernes 17(VNDR)
A solitary figure, seen from behind, affixes a “À VENDRE” sign to the wall—an understated gesture that anchors the composition while opening it to broader institutional reflection. Drawn from a historical image linked to Marcel Broodthaers’ Musée d’Art Moderne, Département des Aigles, the painting establishes a subtle dialogue with Musée à Vendre pour Cause de Faillite, evoking the tensions between art, value, and display.
Rendered through layered planes and restrained brushwork, the scene moves between documentation and painterly construction. Within the framework of the Davis Museum Barcelona, the work extends an ongoing inquiry into the museum as both structure and fiction, where the act of “for sale” becomes quietly symbolic.
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Davis Lisboa, Musée des Aigles Modernes 17(VNDR), 2024. Oil on linen, 80 × 80 × 3.5 cm (31.5 × 31.5 × 1.38 in).
The painting originates from a black-and-white photograph depicting an anonymous young woman, presumably situated within—or otherwise connected to—Marcel Broodthaers’ Musée d’Art Moderne, Département des Aigles, active in Brussels between 1968 and 1972. In the image, the figure is seen affixing to the wall a real estate sign bearing the words “À VENDRE.” This simple, deliberate gesture becomes the central axis of the composition.
This image suggests a conceptual connection with Musée à Vendre pour Cause de Faillite (Museum for Sale Due to Bankruptcy) by Marcel Broodthaers. Beyond mere quotation, the scene activates this resonance, where the artist exposes the frictions between institution, value, and market. The painting absorbs this tension and translates it into pictorial terms: the image oscillates between document and construction, between historical record and contemporary painterly reinterpretation.
The surface is structured through open planes and controlled brushwork that soften the surrounding context without sacrificing clarity. The figure, seen from behind, concentrates the action while shifting the narrative into a more ambiguous register, where the act of “putting up for sale” acquires a symbolic dimension.
In dialogue with a lineage of artists who have devised their own museological frameworks—from the Boîte-en-valise to the Galerie Légitime—the work is situated within the context of the Davis Museum Barcelona. This project, at once a readymade sculpture, digital archive, small-format collection, and expanded institutional structure, extends a reflection on the museum as form, support, and critical fiction.
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| Weight | 5.2 kg |
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| Dimensions | 80 × 80 × 3.5 cm |
