Hidden sexuality

"Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia" at Tate Modern I found profoundly depressing. Surprisingly so - the first two of the featured artists have long been among my heroes. But to be confronted by work which held such an important place in my intellectual development, but which I haven't looked at recently, was perhaps always likely to be a shock. While it was fascinating to see how the three artists responded to each other, the juxtaposition didn't, for me, do the pieces any favours. I felt as if the world, and I, have moved on. Tomorrow I may feel differently.

Nice though to read in a caption that "Man Ray made a series if photographs of mathematical objects, used as teaching tools. He used dramatic lighting to enhance the hidden sexuality of these seemingly abstract sculptural forms."


But, contrarywise, after leaving that show I was uplifted by the retrospective of Juan Munoz. I felt at home here.