Davis Museum: The Comics Section

An artistic manifesto in comic strip format

What/who inspired the work?

What do you hope its viewers will feel/think?

Why did you choose the medium, subject matter, style?

The Comics Section From Davis Museum

The Comic Book Section from Davis Museum by Davis Lisboa, 2016. — Davis LisboaThe Comic Book Section from Davis Museum by Davis Lisboa, 2016.,2015, digital image, 896 x 740

Thou shalt love Contemporary Art above anything else — Davis LisboaI. Thou shalt love Contemporary Art above anything else.2015, digital image, 896 x 740

Thou shalt tirelessly criticize traditional museums — Davis LisboaII. Thou shalt tirelessly criticize traditional museums.,2015, digital image, 896 x 740

Thou shalt not sell or rent the Davis Museum or any works within the Davis Museum collection — Davis LisboaIII. Thou shalt not sell or rent the Davis Museum or any works within the Davis Museum collection.,2015, digital image, 896 x 740

Thou shalt not charge artists to exhibit and shall not charge visitors an admission fee — Davis LisboaIV. Thou shalt not charge artists to exhibit and shall not charge visitors an admission fee.,2015, digital image, 896 x 740

Thou shalt donate the entire Davis Museum, including all works in the collection, to the MACBA — Davis LisboaV. Thou shalt donate the entire Davis Museum, including all works in the collection, to the MACBA.,2015, digital image, 896 x 740

Thou shalt honor contemporary artists — Davis LisboaVI. Thou shalt honor contemporary artists.,2015, digital image, 896 x 740

Thou shalt extol artists and their works through the Internet, massively — Davis LisboaVII. Thou shalt extol artists and their works through the Internet, massively.,2015, digital image, 896 x 740

Thou shalt create an online digital archive — Davis LisboaVIII. Thou shalt create an online digital archive.,2015, digital image, 896 x 740

Thou shalt not lie in any published information on the Davis Museum website — Davis LisboaIX. Thou shalt not lie in any published information on the Davis Museum website.,2015, digital image, 896 x 740

Thou shalt create a museum unique and exclusively for the benefit of artists and and the society of today and tomorrow — Davis LisboaX. Thou shalt create a museum unique and exclusively for the benefit of artists and and the society of today and tomorrow.,2015, digital image, 896 x 740

Normally, visionary artists generate rejection — Davis LisboaNormally, visionary artists generate rejection.,2015, digital image, 896 x 740

Reject traditional museums!! — Davis LisboaReject traditional museums!!,2015, digital image, 896 x 740

Give me a museum and I’ll change society! — Davis LisboaGive me a museum and I’ll change society!.,2015, digital image, 896 x 740

The Davis Museum deconstructs the logic of power — Davis LisboaThe Davis Museum deconstructs the logic of power.,2015, digital image, 896 x 740

The Davis Museum is for the person, not the power — Davis LisboaThe Davis Museum is for the person, not the power.,2015, digital image, 896 x 740

The ballot box is the temple of democratic art — Davis LisboaThe ballot box is the temple of democratic art.,2015, digital image, 896 x 740

A museum is an activity, not a building

Davis LisboaA museum is an activity, not a building.,2015, digital image, 896 x 740

My museum exists!! It isn’t only a question!! — Davis LisboaMy museum exists!! It isn’t only a question!!,2015, digital image, 896 x 740

I founded a ballot box museum in ’09 and collected 1,000,000,000 “Likes” on Facebook — Davis LisboaI founded a ballot box museum in ’09 and collected 1,000,000,000 “Likes” on Facebook.,2015, digital image, 896 x 740

Share your knowledge!! — Davis LisboaShare your knowledge!!,2015, digital image, 896 x 740

Another museum is possible!! — Davis LisboaAnother museum is possible!!,2015, digital image, 896 x 740