“Musée d'Art Moderne, Département des Aigles 10” Painting

My inspiration came from a photograph of the "Musée d'Art Moderne, Département des Aigles, Section XIXème Siècle" by Marcel Broodthaers, a conceptual museum he led in his Brussels home from 1968 to 1969. This section of the museum consisted of an installation with empty crates used for transporting artworks and postcards of paintings, which played with the idea of authenticity and reproducibility in art. Gerhard Richter's painting technique and the intimate atmosphere in Pierre Bonnard's works formally influenced my approach. I hope that viewers understand the narrative within the history of art about artists who created their own museums, such as Marcel Duchamp (Boîte-en-valise), Robert Filliou (Galerie légitime), and Marcel Broodthaers (Musée d'Art Moderne, Département des Aigles). I founded the Davis Museum Barcelona, a collective art project and a cultural entity recognized by the Generalitat de Catalunya, inspired by this tradition. This museum, symbolically created in an electoral ballot box, has several sections, including "The Paintings Section," dedicated to portraits and still lifes representing the mentioned artists and their respective works. I chose oil on canvas for its versatility and its rich historical significance as a medium of expression. 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