Boîte-hors-de-valise 12
Boîte-hors-de-valise 12 presents a closed suitcase as a direct and autonomous image, translating Marcel Duchamp’s Boîte-en-valise into the language of painting. The form, clearly defined, is built through loose, visible brushwork that introduces a subtle vibration along its contours.
Set against a slightly greenish grey background, the suitcase asserts a sense of stability while generating a quiet feeling of estrangement. Integrated into The Painting Section from Davis Museum Barcelona, the work aligns with a lineage of artists who have conceived the museum as form.
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Davis Lisboa, Boîte-hors-de-valise 12, 2021, oil on linen, 40 × 40 × 3.5 cm (15.7 × 15.7 × 1.38 in).
The work revisits the notion of the portable museum formulated by Marcel Duchamp in Boîte-en-valise, translating it into the language of painting through a direct and recognizable image. A closed suitcase, presented frontally, emerges as the central motif, rendered through a surface in which the brushwork remains visible and active.
The form is clearly defined, though its contours retain a subtle vibration. Set against a grey-green background without depth, the suitcase is anchored with stability, while variations in color and material introduce a restrained tension that sustains the image.
Boîte-hors-de-valise 12 is part of The Painting Section from Davis Museum Barcelona, one of the many divisions of this experimental project, initiated in 2009 as a museum conceived by the artist. Within this context, the work aligns with a lineage of practices that have questioned traditional exhibition formats through the creation of autonomous structures.
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| Weight | 2.5 kg |
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| Dimensions | 40 × 40 × 3.5 cm |
