Little Bundle No. 3

"Poor little bundles, messed up in life, deceased. With no more mouth, no more eye, no more nose, no more hearing. Decorated little bundles. They want to say something, but they can't, they're bundles. … " These are the 'verses' Serrano wrote in 1964 to refer to his series Little Bundles (Fajaditos) characterized by deformed, disproportionate figures which are completely bundled up, not to heal them but to immobilize them and hide most of their anatomy. Only some of them have their mouths or hands still visible, which adds to the sensation of monstrosity of this series in which, due to its grotesque character, the influence of Goya's later work can be seen. Some people have interpreted this series as speaking out against the lack of freedom of expression. Others have seen a portrait of those who have no voice or presence in current society. It could be considered that the Little Bundles, which have a timeless significance, are those far outside the margins set by society which Serrano neither judges nor observes with mercy or repulsion. The majority of this series was composed of small sculptures cast in bronze in a single run. These rendered deformed, disproportionate anthropomorphic figures, as could be seen in the volume of their heads compared to their body or upper extremities, which were sometimes non-existent.