Robert Filliou 33
Part of The Paintings Section of the Davis Museum Barcelona, this work reactivates the figure of Robert Filliou through a contemporary pictorial language. Drawing on the image of Galerie Légitime (1962), the composition situates itself within a critical lineage that connects with the Boîte-en-valise by Marcel Duchamp and the Musée d’Art Moderne, Département des Aigles by Marcel Broodthaers, positioning the painting within a reflection on artist-generated institutional models.
Executed in oil on linen, the work combines a Cubist-influenced structure with a vibrant chromatic dimension, in dialogue with Antoni Gaudí and the Latin American modernism of Alfredo Volpi. Overlapping planes articulate a dynamic balance between figuration and abstraction, reinforcing its presence as a contemporary painting.
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Davis Lisboa, Robert Filliou 33, 2024, oil on linen, 50 × 50 × 3.5 cm (19.7 × 19.7 × 1.38 in).
This work is part of The Paintings Section of the Davis Museum Barcelona, one of the sections within the project developed by Davis Lisboa since 2009. Conceived from a ballot box transformed into a ready-made sculpture, the museum operates as a digital archive, a collection of small-format contemporary paintings, and a collective platform without commercial orientation, recognized by the Generalitat de Catalunya.
The painting is based on a historical photograph of Robert Filliou, a key figure in Fluxus, in which he appears wearing his Galerie Légitime (1962) as a hat during the Festival of Misfits, held in London in 1962. Conceived as a portable exhibition device, this work proposed an alternative model of artistic circulation and functions here as a conceptual anchor, activating 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 composition develops through a contemporary reinterpretation of the Cubist language associated with Pablo Picasso, incorporating a fragmented structure through overlapping planes. This approach is complemented by a chromatic dimension informed by references to the trencadís of Antoni Gaudí and visual registers of Latin American art, in dialogue with the figurative work of Cândido Portinari and the abstract compositions of Alfredo Volpi.
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| Weight | 3.3 kg |
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| Dimensions | 50 × 50 × 3.5 cm |
