The Galerie Légitime 2.0 Section from Davis Museum

What/who inspired the work?
In the early 1960s, artist Robert Filliou created the Galerie Légitime, a traveling art gallery housed in a cap that aimed to bring art out of traditional exhibition spaces and into the streets. The Galerie Légitime featured small-scale works by Filliou and his friends, including Measurements, Mummified Objects, and the Jeu recommandé de la Galerie Légitime. In July 1962, Filliou organized the Les voyages de la Galerie Légitime, a series of street exhibitions in Paris featuring small-scale works by Benjamin Patterson. In October 1962, during the Misfit's Fair in London, Filliou inaugurated The Frozen Exhibition, an exhibit intended to last for ten years. This exhibit was referred to as a "frozen exhibition" due to its extended duration. In the same year as the creation of the Davis Museum Barcelona, Ben Patterson and Bertrand Clavez, art historian (in the role of Robert Filliou), came together to perform the project La Galerie Légitime Re-enactment, a collective event that took place on June 7, 2009 in Paris as part of Futur en Seine, with the collaboration of students and Ars Longa Gallery. This journey through Paris lasted 12 hours and was recorded on video. The performance was open to all, it was possible to join physically at any time.

What do you hope its viewers will feel/think?
I hope that the viewers will perceive this section as a visual map of Les voyages de la Galerie Légitime, comprising both digital documents and GIF animations that pinpoint the route. In contrast to the first two versions from 1962 and 2009, in which participants physically followed the journey's route, La Galerie Légitime 2.0 allows viewers to visualize the route marked by Filliou through images extracted from Google Maps.

Why did you choose the medium, subject matter, style?
I have chosen the digital medium as a means to undertake a critical re-reading and updating of Robert Filliou's Les voyages de la Galerie Légitime from 1962, which serves as the primary subject matter of this section. In terms of aesthetic, I have chosen to employ a minimalist style reminiscent of Google Maps.

2009
The project La Galerie Légitime Re-enactment, by Ben Patterson & Bertrand Clavez, art historian (in the role of Robert Filliou) was held on June 7, 2009, in Paris as a part of the Futur en Seine, with a collaboration of students and Ars Longa Gallery. This Paris journey will last 12 hours. The performance was open to all, it will be possible at any time to join physically.

The course of June 7, 2009

Departure

• 10:00 A.M. > Porte Saint-Denis (Métro Strasbourg-St-Denis)
• 13:00 A.M. > Boulevard Saint-Denis
• 10:30 A.M. > Les Halles
• 11:00 A.M- > Hôtel de Ville
• 11:30 A.M. > Beaubourg
• 11:45 A.M. > Politburo, 25, Rue du Roi de Sicile
• 12:00 A.M. > Place de la Bastille
• 14:00 P.M. > Ars Longa, 67 Avenue Parmentier
• 16:00 P.M. > Gertrude Stein's tomb, Cimetière du Père Lachaise, 6 rue du Repos
• 17:30 P.M. > Café Le Zorba, 137 Rue du Faubourg du Temple
• 18:00 P.M. > Place de la République
• 18:30 P.M. > Église de Saint-Germain-des-prés, 3 Place Saint-Germain des Prés
• 19:00 P.M. > Église Saint-Sulpice, Place Saint-Sulpice
• 19:30 P.M. > Chez Georges, 11 Rue des Canettes
• 20:00 P.M. > Le Jardin du Luxembourg
• 20:30 P.M. > Panthéon, Place du Panthéon
• 21:00 P.M. > Les Cinq Billards, Place de la Contrescarpe
• 22:00 P.M. > La Coupole, 102 Boulevard du Montparnasse

Arrival 2016-17

La Galerie Légitime 2.0 is a group of contemporary artworks by Davis Lisboa consisting of a online map; 49 screenshots, 3 animated GIFs and 1 video posted on the Davis Museum channel on YouTube. The artist reproduces the same journey made by Ben Patterson & Bertrand Clavez in 2009, but virtually, seven years later.

The course of March 16, 2016

Departure

1. Porte Saint-Denis (Métro Strasbourg-St-Denis), 13 Boulevard Saint-Denis
2. Les Halles
3. Hôtel de Ville
4. Beaubourg
5. Politburo, 25, Rue du Roi de Sicile
6. Place de la Bastille
7. Ars Longa, 67 Avenue Parmentier
8. Cimetière du Père Lachaise, 6 rue du Repos
9. Café Le Zorba, 137 Rue du Faubourg du Temple
10. Place de la République
11. Église de Saint-Germain-des-prés, 3 Place Saint-Germain des Prés
12. Église Saint-Sulpice, Place Saint-Sulpice
13. Chez Georges, 11 Rue des Canettes
14. Le Jardin du Luxembourg
15. Panthéon, Place du Panthéon
16. Les Cinq Billards, Place de la Contrescarpe
17. La Coupole, 102 Boulevard du Montparnasse

Arrival