Musée des Aigles Modernes 5
A contemporary extension of Marcel Broodthaers’ Musée d’Art Moderne, Département des Aigles, this painting revisits the iconic eagle motif through a blurred, archive-based image. Developed using techniques associated with Gerhard Richter, the figure hovers between clarity and dissolution, creating a suspended visual field. Both precise and elusive, the work reflects on how images are constructed, mediated, and remembered.
Part of The Paintings Section of the Davis Museum Barcelona, it stands as a self-contained work while remaining embedded within a broader institutional framework.
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Davis Lisboa, Musée des Aigles Modernes 5, 2017. Oil on linen, 40 × 40 × 3.5 cm (15.7 × 15.7 × 1.38 in).
Integrated into The Paintings Section of the Davis Museum Barcelona, this work engages with the museum as both structure and image. Drawing on the precedent of Marcel Broodthaers and his Musée d’Art Moderne, Département des Aigles, the painting revisits the eagle motif as articulated in the 1972 Düsseldorf exhibition Section des Figures: Der Adler vom Oligozän bis heute. It positions itself as a contemporary continuation of that gesture.
The composition is developed from archival imagery that is projected and reworked onto the canvas. Through a process of blurring and partial erasure, the figure loses clarity without fully dissolving, resulting in a suspended image. This treatment, aligned with Gerhard Richter’s early practice, situates the work in a space where representation remains open and unresolved.
Rather than asserting a fixed image, the painting introduces a measured distance. The motif appears mediated and filtered, as if shaped by time and by the systems through which it has circulated. In this sense, the work not only presents an image but also reflects on the conditions that produce and sustain it.
Within The Paintings Section, the piece operates as an autonomous painting while simultaneously forming part of a broader curatorial framework. This dual condition reinforces its presence: a work that stands on its own, yet remains embedded within an expanded institutional logic.
Additional information
| Weight | 2.5 kg |
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| Dimensions | 40 × 40 × 3.5 cm |
