"Boîte-en-valise 8" Painting

I have been inspired by Marcel Duchamp's work "La Boîte-en-Valise," born from his desire to create a portable retrospective of his art. In 1935, he conceived the idea of assembling a box with miniature replicas of his works, transforming it into a mobile museum. This innovative proposal allowed Duchamp to redefine the role of the artist as both a salesman and curator of his own creations. I aim for viewers to grasp the narrative within Art History about artists who have created their own museums, exemplified by Duchamp's "Boîte-en-Valise," Filliou's "Galerie Légitime," and Broodthaers' "Musée d'Art Moderne, Département des Aigles." Following this narrative, I founded the Davis Museum Barcelona in 2009, materialized in an electoral urn and shared through social media. This museum acts as a ready-made sculpture, a contemporary art collection, a digital archive, a non-profit collective project, and a culturally recognized entity. This painting is part of the "Paintings Section," which includes portraits of Duchamp, Filliou, and Broodthaers, as well as still lifes representing their works "Boîte-en-Valise," "Galerie Légitime," and "Musée d'Art Moderne, Département des Aigles." Paintings in Private Collections: Alejandro Vásquez Herrero, Viladecans, Spain Ashish Mistry, Atlanta, USA Carles Vidal Garganta, Barcelona, Spain Daniel Marcoux, Montreal, Canada Denise Siqueira, São Paulo, Brazil Francesc Torres, Barcelona, Spain Geert De Kegel, Zele, Belgium James Dacre, London, England James Norton, Blue Ridge, Georgia, USA Joe Smith, New York, USA Johnny Temple, Uxbridge, Canada Peter Verstraeten, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium Philip Henderson, Atlanta, USA Soteris Argyrou, Nicosia, Cyprus Taylor Smith, Indianapolis, USA Yellowstone Club, Big Sky, Montana, USA