Delve into "Cajón de sastre, etcétera," an exhibition presenting artist Narelle Jubelin's unique selection of textile pieces from the Museo del Traje's esteemed collection. Jubelin crafts a conceptual constellation of objects and images, offering an intuitive interpretation that uncovers the museum's material and symbolic layers. This artistic intervention reveals the institution as an evolving artifact of collective memory, extending beyond its visible display.
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This exhibition features artist Narelle Jubelin's selection of textile pieces from the Museo del Traje's collection. Jubelin creates a constellation of objects, texts, and images, offering an intuitive and conceptual interpretation that uncovers the museum's hidden layers and collective memory.
Invited to exhibit from the textile collections of the Museo del Traje, artist Narelle Jubelin (Sydney, 1960) has curated a constellation of objects, texts, and images that extend beyond the initial brief. Her approach is not that of a historian but of an artist, intuitively selecting and arranging pieces to reveal their visual resonances and imbue them with new meanings. The exhibition's starting point is a pedestal table, once part of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, which has been transformed with a skirt by restorer Práxedes García, serving as a metaphor for Jubelin's process of uncovering the museum's material and symbolic layers – from the visible collection and museography to the less apparent elements like the storage, archives, and the contributions of its workers. Jubelin interprets the museum as a constantly evolving artifact of collective memory, a sequence of lives and stories, including those of Isabel de Borbón, collector Teresa Izquierdo, anonymous seamstresses, and the museum's own workers like 'Pra'. The artist incorporates her own works and meta-photographs that reflect the objects and research context of this exhibition. 'Cajón de sastre, etcétera' marks the beginning of the 'Memoria, tejidos, museos. Los barrios bajos de la atención' project, an initiative by the Ministry of Culture to review the textile collections of five state museums from a contemporary perspective. This project, running through 2025 and 2026, involves collaborations between museum technicians and artists like Narelle Jubelin, Las Hijas de Felipe, Patricia Esquivias, Eva Lootz, and Teresa Lanceta.
Details regarding the exhibition's specific ticketing information are not provided on this page. Visitors may need to refer to the museum's general admission policies or contact the venue directly for current ticket availability and pricing. The page does provide links to download the exhibition dossier and a room guide ('hoja de sala').
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