Maris Bustamante

Via UCLM Virtual Archive of Performing Arts

Gender:

Female

Films:

Popurrí de Superochos [Super 8 Potpourri] (1978)

Profession:

Artist

Biographical Notes:

"Since her first happening in 1971 Maris Bustamante (*1949, Mexico) — a graduate from the Escuela Nacional de Pintura y Escultura La Esmeralda at Mexico City—began “a search for non-traditional supports” or what she called “non-objective art.” In 1977, with three male artists, she started a movement of “savage vanguard” called “No-Grupo” (No-Group). As they declared, “No-Group is a workshop of critique, of attitudes and positions.” With No-Grupo Bustamante created humored and caustic performances where gender was a major source material. In 1983, Bustamante and Mónica Mayer founded the first feminist art collective in Mexico, Polvo de Gallina Negra (Black Hen Powder)." Re.Act.Feminism Archive

Bibliographic Resources:

Find more about Maris Bustamante in React Feminism