"Musée d'Art Moderne 14" Painting

This painting draws inspiration from a photograph of the fictional "Musée d'Art Moderne, Département des Aigles, Section XIXème siècle," created by Marcel Broodthaers in Brussels in 1968. It is formally influenced by the textured paintings of Anselm Kiefer, known for his historical and philosophical themes depicted with thick layers of oil, sand, and lead. The artwork aims to convey the narrative of artists creating their own museums, exemplified by Marcel Duchamp's "Boîte-en-valise," Robert Filliou's "Galerie légitime," and Marcel Broodthaers' "Musée d'Art Moderne, Département des Aigles." In 2009, Davis Lisboa established the Davis Museum, featuring "The Paintings Section from Davis Museum," a collection encompassing portraits of Duchamp, Filliou, and Broodthaers, still lifes from the "Boîte-en-valise" and "Galerie légitime," as well as interiors from the "Musée d'Art Moderne, Département des Aigles." The Paintings Section From Davis Museum in Public and Private Collections The Alejandro Vásquez Herrero Collection in Viladecans, Spain The Ashish Mistry Collection in Atlanta, USA The Carles Vidal Garganta Collection in Barcelona, Spain The Daniel Marcoux Collection in Montreal, Canada The Denise Siqueira Collection in São Paulo, Brazil The Francesc Torres Collection in Barcelona, Spain The Geert De Kegel Collection in Zele, Belgium The James Dacre Collection in London, England The James Norton Collection, Blue Ridge, Georgia, USA The Johnny Temple Collection in Uxbridge, Canada The Peter Verstraeten Collection in Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium The Philip Henderson Collection in Atlanta, USA The Soteris Argyrou Collection in Nicosia, Cyprus The Taylor Smith Collection in Indianapolis, USA The Yellowstone Club Collection in Big Sky, Montana, USA