Felix Tissot
By: curaduría : Ana Elena Mallet
Contributors: Mallet Cárdenas, Ana Elena, curator; Museo Franz Mayer (Mexico City, Mexico)
Edition: Primera edición.
Publisher: Museo Franz Mayer
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Ciudad de México
Language: spa
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9786079851415
Subjects: Exhibitions; Pottery; Mexican Pottery
Work titles: Works
Description: rench born ceramist Felix Tissot established himself in Taxco, Mexico in 1956, when the city was becoming a tourist capital, and soon became an emblematic figure in his own right. Curator Ana Elena Mallet traces Tissotœs creative path, highlighting those qualities that made him a pioneer in design, not only for the pieces he created, but also for his visionary, inclusive, collaborative production methods and a sensibility that bended the best of many worlds in an undertaking that today would be called sustainableʺ. He manufactured ceramic pieces with modern volumes and nahua artisans painted the pieces with traditional motifs, this cooperation originated his series "Fantasía". This production dynamic was part of the workshop Cerámica Taxco for over 40 years
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition Felix Tissot. The eternal and the modernʺ held in 2019 at the Museum Franz Mayer in Mexico City, curated by Ana Elena Mallet.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-190).

In Spanish.
Table of contents: title: Felix Tissot: lo eterno y lo moderno = Felix Tissot: the eternal and the modern; title: California: encuentro con la cerámica = California: encountering ceramics; title: El efervescente ambiente cultural en Taxco en la época de Felix Tissot = The Taxcoœs effervescent cultural scene in in Felix Tissotœs time; title: Las colaboraciones con Jane Keenan = Collaborations with Jane Keenan; title: La producción mexicana = Mexican production; title: Pintado a mano por Felix Tissot = Hand-painted by Felix Tissot; title: Fantasía = Fantasía; title: Herramientas de trabajo = Tools of the trade; title: Piezas del autor = Auteur pieces; title: Blanco colonial = Colonial White; title: Vistas de la exhibición = Exhibition views.