Untitled, <em>from the series</em> The Canned

Tecla Tofano was an Italian-born Venezuelan artist, ceramicist, and writer active from the 1950s until her death in 1995. Tofano studied ceramics and enamel with Miguel Arroyo at the Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Applicadas, alongside fellow students and ceramicists, Cristina Merchán and Reyna Herrera. A member of the cooperative Forma Veinte, her works garnered wide acclaim, and she became known for her controversial, political, and feminist imagery.

Naples, Italy