Man Ray (1890-1976): Object, 1933
Metal sculpture. Private collection. © DACS 2016.
His genius
His genius
was to construct objects
that, without recognising,
we recognise as objects.
They are as contraceptives,
allowing familiarity
while incapacitating
from breeding contempt.
They have no resemblance
to the human other than
that the shadows they cast
are without fathoms.