El pene como instrumento de trabajo
Maris Bustamante
[para quitarle a Freud lo macho]
The Penis as an Instrument of Labor/To Make Freud Un-Macho
Combining humor with provocation, Maris Bustamente’s many feminist works are representative of the No-Grupo in its final stage. This mask was used by Bustamante at a Montaje de Momentos Plásticos [Montage of Visual Moments].
Acerbically and incisively challenging the phallocracy and prevailing sexism, it constitutes the artist’s response to the Freudian theory of “penis envy.” The work is now rightly considered an artistic milestone of gender critique in Mexico.
MARIS BUSTAMANTE (1949)
El pene como instrumento de trabajo [para quitarle a Freud lo macho], 1982
The Penis as an Instrument of Labor/To Make Freud Un-Macho
Mask. Print on cardboard
Fondo No-Grupo, Centro de Documentación Arkheia MUAC (DiGAV-UNAM)
Acquisition, 2012
