Robert Filliou 22

This painting forms part of The Paintings Section from Davis Museum Barcelona, a miniature contemporary art museum founded in 2009 by Davis Lisboa as a readymade sculpture, a nonprofit collective art project, and a cultural entity officially recognized by the Generalitat de Catalunya. This section features portraits of artists who, like Davis himself, established their own museums. The work pays tribute to the visionary Fluxus artist Robert Filliou.

The piece is inspired by a black-and-white photograph of Filliou wearing his Galerie Légitime (1962), a folded paper hat that functioned as a nomadic art gallery. This performative gesture took place during the Misfits Festival in London, a landmark 1962 event that brought together Fluxus and avant-garde artists to challenge institutional frameworks and traditional exhibition formats.

Executed with Old Holland oils and Blockx medium on linen canvas, the painting adopts the square format emblematic of the cubic structure of the Davis Museum. It belongs to the artist’s full-color period (2020–present), marking a chromatic departure from his earlier gray and blue series.