Marcel Broodthaers 7
Marcel Broodthaers 7 translates a film still into a blurred, suspended image in which historical reference is held in tension through its own painterly construction. Built through layered oil over a projected image, the work balances precision and dissolution. Integrated within the Davis Museum Barcelona, it belongs to its Blue Period and to a coherent body of work defined by the square format, blue tonal range, and the quality of its materials.
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Davis Lisboa, Marcel Broodthaers 7, 2007. Oil on linen, 30 × 30 × 3.5 cm (11.81 × 11.81 × 1.38 in).
The painting derives from a still in Wax Figures (Jeremy Bentham) (1973), in which Marcel Broodthaers stages a dialogue with the wax figure of Jeremy Bentham. Through a process of painterly translation, the image is displaced into a state of ambiguity, where historical reference loosens and representation remains suspended.
The work is structured through a procedure akin to that of Gerhard Richter: a projected image onto the canvas serves as the basis for successive layers of oil paint that gradually dissolve its clarity. Here, blurring operates not as an effect but as a method, establishing a measured distance between the photographic source and its painterly articulation.
The painting is situated within the framework of the Davis Museum Barcelona, founded in 2009 as both a cultural institution and a conceptual construct. Functioning simultaneously as digital archive, small-format collection, and sculptural entity, the museum unfolds between material presence and its circulation in networked space.
In relation to works such as Duchamp’s Boîte-en-valise, Filliou’s Galerie Légitime, and Broodthaers’ Musée d’Art Moderne, Département des Aigles, the painting approaches the museum as a medium. Within this structure, The Paintings Section from Davis Museum Barcelona constitutes its sole transactional space, where the square format, blue tonal range, and the use of high-quality materials define a coherent and self-contained formal system.
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| Weight | 2 kg |
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| Dimensions | 30 × 30 × 3.5 cm |
