Pedro Friedeberg
Pedro Friedeberg is a 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. 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. 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 produced highly provocative art works, rejecting the social and political art forms that were dominant at the time.
Since his first solo exhibitions in the late 1950s, Friedeberg has become one of Mexico’s most recognized artists, with his surreal artworks found in the collections of prestigious galleries and museums around the world. Often referred to as the last great eccentric, Friedeberg creates absurd and irreverent works that challenge convention and push the limits of the impossible. Friedeberg has had a lifelong reputation for being eccentric, and states that “art is dead because nothing new is being produced.”
List of Artworks
Avionetas Mozartianas
Proyecto de procesión protagonizadora
Proyecto de procesión protagonizadora
Title: Avionetas Mozartianas
Date: 2007
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board in artist frame
Size: 44.5 x 37.5 cm
Price: Price on request
Proyecto de procesión protagonizadora
Proyecto de procesión protagonizadora
Proyecto de procesión protagonizadora
Title: Proyecto de procesión protagonizadora
Date: 2017
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board. Gold leaf on wood frame
Size: 91 x 90 x 6 cm
Price: Price on request
El Coloso de Rodas
Proyecto de procesión protagonizadora
Mano silla de 6 dedos (6 finger hand chair)
Title: El Coloso de Rodas
Date: 2017
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board in artist frame
Size: 86 x 86 cm
Price on request
Mano silla de 6 dedos (6 finger hand chair)
Mano silla de 6 dedos (6 finger hand chair)
Mano silla de 6 dedos (6 finger hand chair)
Title: Silla de 6 dedos
Date: 2015
Technique: Hand carved cedar wood and walnut
Size: 102 x 58 x 51 cm
Price: Price on request
Baphomets Chair (hand chair)
Mano silla de 6 dedos (6 finger hand chair)
Baphomets Chair (hand chair)
Title: Baphomet's Chair
Date: 2017
Technique: Hand carved cedar wood and walnut
Size: 98 x 53 x 50 cm
Price: Price on request
Beethoven´s Kitchen Aid
Mano silla de 6 dedos (6 finger hand chair)
Baphomets Chair (hand chair)
Title: Beethoven´s Kitchen Aid
Date: 2016
Technique: Hand carved cedar wood and varnish
Size: 50 x 108 x 60 cm
Price: Price on request
Objective triskelion (Triskelion Table)
Escribanía de la princesa Lucinda Bonaparte
Escribanía de la princesa Lucinda Bonaparte
Title: Objective triskelion (Triskelion Table)
Date: 2016
Technique: Hard carved red cedar wood and glass
Size: 39 x 60 x 60 cm
Price: Price on request
Escribanía de la princesa Lucinda Bonaparte
Escribanía de la princesa Lucinda Bonaparte
Escribanía de la princesa Lucinda Bonaparte
Title: Escribanía de la princesa Lucinda Bonaparte
Date: 2016
Technique: Painted pine wood, cedar wood, walnut and gold leaf
Size: 140 x 108 x 55 cm
Price: Price on request
Make up your mind
Escribanía de la princesa Lucinda Bonaparte
Make up your mind
Title: Make up your mind
Date: 2015
Technique: Painted coated Steel
Size: 45 x 45 x 45 cm
Price: $9,600 USD
Cats Cradle Star
Blue Butterfly Chair
Make up your mind
Title: Cats Cradle Star
Date: 2015
Technique: Painted coated steel
Size: 50 x 50 x 50 cm
Price: $9,600 USD
Pink Butterfly Chair
Blue Butterfly Chair
Blue Butterfly Chair
Title: Pink Butterfly Chair
Date: 2012
Technique: Painted wood and gold leaf
Size: 89 x 58 x 45 cm
Price: Price on request
Blue Butterfly Chair
Blue Butterfly Chair
Blue Butterfly Chair
Title: Blue Butterfly Chair
Date: 2012
Technique: Painted wood and gold leaf Size: 89 x 58 x 45 cm
Price: Price on request
Gravemente graznan graciosas garzas granadinas
Gravemente graznan graciosas garzas granadinas
Gravemente graznan graciosas garzas granadinas
Title: Gravemente graznan graciosas garzas granadinas
Date: 2013
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board
Size: 74 x 100 cm
Price: Price on request
Crepúsculo y telefonitis
Gravemente graznan graciosas garzas granadinas
Gravemente graznan graciosas garzas granadinas
Title: Crepúsculo y telefonitis
Date: 2016
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board
Size: 93 x 106 cm
Price: Price on request
Espacio libre de humo
Gravemente graznan graciosas garzas granadinas
Espacio libre de humo
Title: Espacio libre de humo
Date: 2016
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board
Size: 67 x 67cm
Price: Price on request
Acapulco Angry
Tranquila celebración del día del egoísmo tradicional
Espacio libre de humo
Title: Acapulco Angry
Date: 2016
Technique: Ink and collage on paper in artist frame
Size: 45 x 39 cm
Price: SOLD
Lo obvio y lo exquisito!
Tranquila celebración del día del egoísmo tradicional
Tranquila celebración del día del egoísmo tradicional
Title: Lo obvio y lo exquisito!
Date: 2017
Technique: Ink and collage on paper in artist frame
Size: 45.5 x 39.5 cm
Price: Price on request
Tranquila celebración del día del egoísmo tradicional
Tranquila celebración del día del egoísmo tradicional
Tranquila celebración del día del egoísmo tradicional
Title: Tranquila celebración del día del egoísmo tradicional
Date: 2016
Technique: Ink and collage on paper in artist frame
Size: 45 x 39 cm
Price: Price on request
Se me olvidó decirte
Se me olvidó decirte
Se me olvidó decirte
Title: Se me olvidó decirte
Date: 2017
Technique: Acrylic and ink on
museum board in artist
frame
Size: 45 x 39 cm
Price: Price on request
Operación declinada
Se me olvidó decirte
Se me olvidó decirte
Title: Operación declinada
Date: 2017
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board
Size: 45 x 39 cm
Price: Price on request
Elefantitos
Se me olvidó decirte
Sucedió en Luxor
Title: Elefantitos
Date: 2017
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board
Size: 45 x 39 cm
Price: Price on request
Sucedió en Luxor
¡Huevos, nudos, pirámides, fisuras, equivocaciones, obeliscos
Sucedió en Luxor
Title: Sucedió en Luxor
Date: 2017
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board
Size: 45 x 39 cm
Price: Price on request
¡Huevos, nudos, pirámides, fisuras, equivocaciones, obeliscos
¡Huevos, nudos, pirámides, fisuras, equivocaciones, obeliscos
¡Huevos, nudos, pirámides, fisuras, equivocaciones, obeliscos
Title: ¡Huevos, nudos, pirámides, fisuras, equivocaciones, obeliscos!
Date: 2017
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board
Size: 45 x 39 cm
Price: Price on request
Digitalización oblicua contingencia neofilofrogenitiva
¡Huevos, nudos, pirámides, fisuras, equivocaciones, obeliscos
¡Huevos, nudos, pirámides, fisuras, equivocaciones, obeliscos
Title: Digitalización oblicua contingencia neofilofrogenitiva
Date: 2017
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board
Size: 45 x 39 cm
Price: Price on request
Pegaso (Pegasus)
Invitación al gimnasio ( Invitation to the gym )
Opúsculo con crepúsculo
Title: Pegaso (Pegasus)
Date: 2016
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board in artist frame
Size: 48.3 x 39.1 cm
Price: Price on request
Opúsculo con crepúsculo
Invitación al gimnasio ( Invitation to the gym )
Opúsculo con crepúsculo
Title: Opúsculo con crepúsculo
Date: 2017
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board in artist frame
Size: 48 x 37 cm
Price: Price on request
Invitación al gimnasio ( Invitation to the gym )
Invitación al gimnasio ( Invitation to the gym )
Invitación al gimnasio ( Invitation to the gym )
Title: Invitación al gimnasio ( Invitation to the gym )
Date: 2017
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board in artist frame
Size: 44.5 x 37.5 cm
Price: Price on request
Entrada al algo muy importante
Entrada al algo muy importante
Invitación al gimnasio ( Invitation to the gym )
Title: Entrada al algo muy importante
Date: 2017
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board in artist frame
Size: 45 x 37 cm
Price: Price on request
It's not my fault!
Entrada al algo muy importante
Sieben goldene Eier
Title: It's not my fault!
Date: 2017
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board in artist frame
Size: 47 x 38 cm.
Price: Price on request
Sieben goldene Eier
Entrada al algo muy importante
Sieben goldene Eier
Title: Sieben Goldene Eier
Date: 2017
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board in artist frame
Size: 46 x 37 cm
Price: Price on request
A las nueve de la mañana ( At 9am)
El castillo veraniego de Galsialabolas ( The summer castle of Galsiabolas )
A las nueve de la mañana ( At 9am)
Title: A las nueve de la mañana
Date: 2017
Technique: Acrylic and ink on paper
Frame: Yes
Size: 45.5 x 39.5cm
Price: Price on request
Entretenimiento adecuado
El castillo veraniego de Galsialabolas ( The summer castle of Galsiabolas )
A las nueve de la mañana ( At 9am)
Title: Entrenamiento adecuado
Date: 2017
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board in artist frame
Size: 45.5 x 39.5cm
Price: Price on request
El castillo veraniego de Galsialabolas ( The summer castle of Galsiabolas )
El castillo veraniego de Galsialabolas ( The summer castle of Galsiabolas )
El castillo veraniego de Galsialabolas ( The summer castle of Galsiabolas )
Title: El castillo veraniego de Galsialabolas
Date: 2016
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board in artist frame
Size: 45.5 x 39.5cm
Price: Price on request
Evidentemente (Evidently)
Novedoso y útil sistema perforativo
El castillo veraniego de Galsialabolas ( The summer castle of Galsiabolas )
Title: Evidentemente (Evidently)
Date: 2017
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board in artist frame
Size: 45 x 39 cm
Price: Price on request
Novedoso y útil sistema perforativo
Novedoso y útil sistema perforativo
Novedoso y útil sistema perforativo
Title: Novedoso y útil sistema perforativo
Date: 2015
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board in artist frame
Size: 45 x 39 cm.
Price: Price on request
Dieta de grecas
Novedoso y útil sistema perforativo
Novedoso y útil sistema perforativo
Title: Dieta de grecas
Date: 2017
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board in artist frame
Size: 45.5 x 39.5 cm
Price: Price on request
El estúpido obelisco de cristal amarillo en un rincón del azul salón para imbéciles R.S.V.P.
El estúpido obelisco de cristal amarillo en un rincón del azul salón para imbéciles R.S.V.P.
El estúpido obelisco de cristal amarillo en un rincón del azul salón para imbéciles R.S.V.P.
Title: El estúpido obelisco de cristal amarillo en un rincón del azul salón para imbéciles R.S.V.P.
Date: 2015
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board in artist frame
Size: 45 x 39 cm.
Price: Price on request
Algunos afirman (Some say)
El estúpido obelisco de cristal amarillo en un rincón del azul salón para imbéciles R.S.V.P.
El estúpido obelisco de cristal amarillo en un rincón del azul salón para imbéciles R.S.V.P.
Title: Algunos afirman (Some say)
Date: 2016
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board in artist frame
Size: 45 x 39 cm.
Price: Price on request
Las horas cruzadas
El estúpido obelisco de cristal amarillo en un rincón del azul salón para imbéciles R.S.V.P.
Las horas cruzadas
Title: Las horas cruzadas
Date: 2016
Technique: Acrylic and ink on museum board in artist frame
Size: 45 x 39 cm.
Price: Price on request