Disconcerting yet tantalising

In the gloomy recesses at the far end of the hall, the work created a sense of noirish drama, while cleverly playing on perceptions of space.

Muñoz died the same year, aged just 48, and this retrospective revisits works from the early 1980s - when he constructed small iron stairwells that attached to the wall - to the signature work that bought him international acclaim: grey, usually life-sized figures whose features are often frozen in a creepily manic grin.

In between, there are large drawings made with chalk on a black ground: strange, empty rooms and corridors, as well as a series that featured people's backs, with their heads obscured. These capture in two dimensions the enigmatic heart of Muñoz's sculpture, though a room filled with dozens of wildly grinning men, each sharing the same Asian features, clustered in conversational groups, conveys no more a sense of intimacy than the figures displayed in isolation.

You leave feeling thoroughly disconcerted, yet tantalised and, occasionally, rather tickled by it all.

Until Apr 27, Tate Modern, Bankside SE1, daily 10am to 6pm (Fri and Sat to 10pm), £8, £6 concs.
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Juan Munoz: A Retrospective
Tate Modern
Bankside, Holland Street, SE1 9TG