The piece in particular that I took notice of was "The Camera-Eye" that he made around 1919. (See sketch below)
"Picabia explored the idea of machines replacing humans or taking on human functions, in this case, the camera replacing the human eye." - Exhibit description (next to painting)
I liked the meaning behind this because of how on some levels, this is true. Machines have been used to make a human's job easier, (computers etc.) right up to performing human functions (heart/lung support machines).
The description from the exhibition then goes on to say how Picabia's grandfather, who was an amateur photographer, predicted to Picabia how photography would replace paintings. This, of course, has been the case and painting is not any where near as popular as photography in the public world nowadays.
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