About

Pia Camil’s work is associated to the Mexican urban landscape, the aesthetic language of modernism and its relationship to retail and advertising. Recently she has engaged in public participation to activate the work and engage with the politics of consumerism. Xiuquilla / Blue Milk Weed, 2017 is a hand-sewn cotton leporello book produced from reclaimed fabric found in a small Mexico City shop. Each book in the series is a unique variant with flanges that fall in different ways depending on how it is installed.

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