Pedro Friedeberg
Mexican artist · Mexico · On the map · Artists · Lived 1936 to 2026 · aged 90
Pedro Friedeberg was an Italian-born Mexican artist and designer known for his surrealist work filled with lines colors and ancient and religious symbols. His best known piece is the “Hand-Chair” a sculpture/chair designed for people to sit on the palm, using the fingers as back and arm rests.
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Friedeberg in 2016
Hand-chair, monumental sculpture by Pedro Friedeberg located in the Alameda Central in Mexico City
Clock sculpture "Tichenortime", Pedro Friedeberg, 1963, from the series named after his dear friend, the surrealist painter Bridget Tichenor.
View of the El cinco de mayo de 1862. Uriarte Talavera Contemporánea exhibition at the Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico City. The ceramic mural is by the artist.About this person
Friedeberg began studying as an architect but did not complete his studies as he began to draw designs against the conventional forms of the 1950s and even completely implausible ones such as houses with artichoke roofs. However, his work caught the attention of artist Mathias Goeritz who encouraged him to continue as an artist. Friedeberg became part of a group of surrealist artists in Mexico which included Leonora Carrington and Alice Rahon, who were irreverent, rejecting the social and political art which was dominant at the time. Friedeberg had a lifelong reputation for being eccentric, and stated that art is dead because nothing new is being produced.
