Over the years, she has developed an important focus not only on her performances, drawings, and interventions, but also in her artistic contribution through writing, teaching, archiving, and active participation in the community.In the late 1970s, Mónica Mayer's work took on a performative aspect leading up to one of her most famous pieces titled, "El Tendedero," which translates to 'the clothesline.'Its presentation of using bright pink cards is meant to emphasize the female experience and the clothesline is a reference to the domestic daily work assigned to women in society.[5] Because this piece was well-received, it was recreated as a slightly different version and displayed in Los Angeles, CA as part of Suzanne Lacy's project, Making it Safe in 1979.In 1989, with Víctor Lerma, Mayer created the ongoing conceptual project, Pinto mi Raya, whose main function is a newspaper archive that specializes in contemporary art in Mexico.
