Dancers dressed in bright red jumpers, ballet leggings and oversized pearls promenade and gesticulate within a distorted architectural setting created by artist Pablo Bronstein for his new Tate Britain show (+ slideshow).

Called Historical Dances in an Antique Setting, the work was devised by Bronstein for the Tate Britain's annual Duveen Galleries commission.
Dancers perform between two giant architectural renderings that span the breadth of the gallery space.
The images depict the exterior of the Tate Britain building, which is embellished with decorative columns, niches and pediments. But several elements have been manipulated, creating a version of the building that doesn't really exist.

The artist, who was born in Argentina and based in London, often creates performances, structures and drawings based on reimaginings of 17th- to 19th-century architecture. His interests lie in the "inaccuracies that occur when the past is re-created" ? some of which can be seen in his reinterpretation of Classical architecture in the Neoclassical Duveen Galleries.

"Grand architecture is one of the things I'm most interested in, so it was a rare opportunity to be able to create work in such a unique setting as the Duveen Galleries," said Bronstein.
"The commission also presented a perfect and challenging opportunity to work with performance on a large scale."

A trio of dancers perform dramatic promenading, pose-striking and gestures over white...