This work is part of The Paintings Section from Davis Museum Barcelona, one of the sections of this micro-museum initiated by Davis Lisboa in 2009. Conceived from a ballot box transformed into a ready-made, the museum operates as both structure and proposition: a digital archive, a collection of small-format contemporary paintings, and a collective platform that reconfigures the conditions of display, circulation, and authorship within the digital environment.
The composition is based on a historical photograph of Robert Filliou, in which he appears wearing his Galerie Légitime (1962) during the Festival of Misfits in London. Conceived as a portable exhibition device, this gesture redefined the relationship between artwork and institution. In the painted portrait, it functions as a conceptual axis, extending a lineage that connects with the Boîte-en-valise by Marcel Duchamp and the Musée d’Art Moderne, Département des Aigles by Marcel Broodthaers.
Formally, the work develops through an articulation between figuration and fragmentation, grounded in a Cubist-derived logic. The image is constructed through overlapping planes and chromatic variations, incorporating a vibrant and luminous palette in dialogue with the visual languages of Latin American painting, particularly Cândido Portinari and Alfredo Volpi. This balance between historical reference and pictorial construction defines a dynamic and warm surface.
