Dropped its anchor in the bay
Her name reminded me of kingdoms
Sunlit countries far away."
- excerpt from "The Ship" by Oliver St. John Gogarty
Pablo Neruda wrote "An Ode To Valpariso" in tribute to the seaport that refreshed him whenever the ennui of "the tiredness of Santiago" weighed on his spirit.
A cross between a monumental kimono and a painting by Frank Stella? Valpariso Green Cloak for Three (81 in. x175 in.) Camil fashioned the series she calls Skins from cloth discarded by textile factories. She titled the works in tribute to Frank Stella's geometrical pictures; they were inspired by the colorful traditional Mexican ponchos and serapes. Each one is capacious enough to hold more than one person.
Pia Camil was born in Mexico City in 1980; after studying art at the Rhode Island School of Design and then at the Slafe School in London, she now lives and works in her native city.
Image: Pia Camil - Valpariso Green Cloak Form Three , 2016, stitched fabric, photograph courtesy of the Clark Art
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