THE NINE TWELVE

Pedro Friedeberg died a few weeks ago (1936 – March 5, 2026)

He was an Italian-born Mexican artist and designer known for his surrealist work filled with lines colours and ancient and religious symbols. 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.

Remedios Varo (Spanish-Mexican, 1908–1963)

Finished stitching my Oversight series.

Jerusalem, Plate 14, "One hair nor particle of dust...." by William Blake (1757–1827)