Pedro Friedeberg (born January 11, 1936) 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 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 has had a lifelong reputation for being eccentric, and states that art is dead because nothing new is being produced.

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Pedro Friedeberg (nacido el 11 de enero de 1936) es un artista y diseñador mexicano conocido por su trabajo surrealista lleno de líneas, colores y símbolos antiguos y religiosos. Su pieza más conocida es la “Hand-Chair”, una escultura/silla diseñada para que las personas se sienten en la palma de la mano, utilizando los dedos como respaldo y reposabrazos. Friedeberg comenzó a estudiar arquitectura, pero no los completó, ya que empezó a dibujar diseños contrarios a las formas convencionales de los años 50 e incluso a formas completamente inverosímiles, como casas con tejados de alcachofa. Sin embargo, su trabajo llamó la atención del artista Mathias Goeritz quien lo animó a continuar como artista. Friedeberg pasó a formar parte de un grupo de artistas surrealistas en México que incluía a Leonora Carrington y Alice Rahon, quienes eran irreverentes y rechazaban el arte social y político dominante en ese momento. Friedeberg ha tenido durante toda su vida fama de excéntrico y afirma que el arte está muerto porque no se produce nada nuevo.