At a glance
Contemporary photography enters an aristocratic historic house to question women, labour and the roles institutions expect us to perform.
Why go
The friction between contemporary photographic work and the highly coded domestic world of the Museo Cerralbo gives the exhibition an extra layer.
You'll see
Photography · Gender · Labour · Institutional roles · Historic interiors · PhotoEspaña
Pace of visit
Medium density; allow extra time because the museum interiors are part of the experience.
Don't miss
Notice how the contemporary images change when surrounded by 19th-century domestic display.
Artlovers Tip
The museum is not just the venue — it is part of the argument.
Inside the exhibition
Description
Disfuncionarias plays with ideas of function, institutional behaviour and the roles assigned to women. Installed within Cerralbo’s richly preserved interiors, contemporary photography confronts a historical architecture built around hierarchy, representation and social status.
Tanit Plana (b. 1975) is a Catalan photographer and educator whose projects frequently investigate identity, social structures and collective behaviour.
Exhibition
Tanit Plana — Disfuncionarias
Contemporary Art
Artlovers relevance
Plan your visit
Cerralbo Museum
Madrid, Spain
