Tecla Tofano
TECLA TOFANO
Habitandose en sus Partes (Inhabiting her Parts), 1975
Glazed ceramic
10 x 11 1/2 x 8 in
25.5 x 29 x 20 cm
JCG17156
TECLA TOFANO
Procreación (Procreation), 1968
Glazed ceramic
13 x 7 1/8 in.
33 x 18 cm
JCG17454
TECLA TOFANO
Sin Título (Untitled), Lidded Vessel, 1972
Glazed ceramic
13 3/8 x 8 5/8 in.
34 x 22 cm
JCG17453
TECLA TOFANO
Señora Gloriosa de Virtud (Mrs. Glorious Virtue), 1976
Glazed ceramic
10 5/8 x 7 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.
27 x 19 x 17 cm
JCG17692
TECLA TOFANO
Baldaquín (Canopy Bed), 1971
Glazed Ceramic
9 x 6 x 9 in
22.9 x 15.2 x 22.9 cm
JCG15761
TECLA TOFANO
Habitante de la roca (Rock Inhabitant), 1968
Glazed ceramic
11 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.
30 x 12 x 15 cm
JCG17694
TECLA TOFANO
Sin Título (Untitled), Vessel, 1961
Glazed ceramic
9 1/2 x 8 5/8 in
24 x 22 cm
JCG17295
TECLA TOFANO
El Macho y sus repuestos (The Macho and it's spare parts), 1973
Glazed ceramic
5 1/2 x 8 x 10 1/2 in
14 x 20 x 27 cm
JCG17154
TECLA TOFANO
Sin Título (Untitled), Small floral vase, 1967
Glazed ceramic
7 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in
19.1 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm
JCG15451
TECLA TOFANO
Amor/Odio (Love/Hate), 1975
glazed ceramic
9 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in
24 x 21.5 x 14 cm
JCG17153
TECLA TOFANO
Y Poblaron al Mundo (And They Populated the World), 1973
Glazed ceramic
8 1/2 x 10 x 10 in
21.6 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm
JCG15376
TECLA TOFANO
Sin Título (Untitled), 1966
Glazed ceramic
13 x 6 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.
33 x 17 x 4.5 cm
JCG17455
TECLA TOFANO
Habitat Milenario (Millennial Habitat), 1968
Glazed ceramic
10 5/8 x 8 5/8 x 4 3/8 in
27 x 22 x 11 cm
JCG17294
TECLA TOFANO
La silla (The Chair), 1968
Glazed ceramic
9 7/8 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.
25 x 13 x 14 cm
JCG17693
TECLA TOFANO
Monumento a La Rueda (Wheel Monument), 1969
Glazed Ceramic
14 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 3/4 in
37.5 x 31.8 x 1.9 cm
JCG15762
TECLA TOFANO
Comunicación (Communication), 1975
Glazed ceramic
11 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in
29.2 x 24.1 x 19.1 cm
JCG15760
The artist Tecla Tofano (b. March 5, 1927, in Naples, Italy, d. October 20, 1995, in Caracas, Venezuela) was a critical figure in the Latin American feminist movement, carving a voice in an extremist socio-political atmosphere in Venezuela. This special presentation highlights an important group of ceramics from the 60s and 70s, expanding upon the gallery’s November 2023 exhibition, Tecla Tofano: This Body of Mine. A voracious maker, the artist channeled her ideas most notably through ceramics, though she was also an adept draftswoman, a metalsmith, and a writer. Tofano embraced rough, hand-built surfaces, as evidenced in her uncompromising works, which range from extruded body parts to fantastical figurines and elaborately formed vessels.
Tofano is featured in Crafting Modernity, Design in Latin America, 1940–1980 through November 10, 2024 at MoMA, New York.
James Cohan has published the first-ever monograph dedicated to the artist, co-edited by curator Gabriela Rangel and Luis Felipe Farías. It features an essay by Rangel, a detailed chronology by Farías, and translations of Tofano’s poetry and writing by Lucía Hinojosa Gaxiola.
