Amelia Amell’s long artistic journey
Amelia Amell. PhotoFrom Hispaniola to the shores of L.A. Works by Amelia Amell are on view at the Manhattan Beach Art Center It doesn’t surprise Amelia Amell when I tell her that, to the best of my knowledge, she’s the first person I’ve met from the Dominican Republic. And furthermore, I add, if I end up with a bad impression of you then I’ll have a bad impression of the entire country. Because, right now, you’re representing everyone and everything there. We’re sitting in her home-studio at the extreme north end of El Porto, and just a block up from the ocean. “Yes,” Amelia says with a laugh, “I hope at the end of the day I get to represent the Dominican Republic,” meaning “in a favorable light.” And she does, most definitely. But on her artist statement, as she points out, she stresses that she was born on the island of Hispaniola, an island in the Caribbean divided into two nations, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. And the reason she stresses this is because in her view the history of the entire island takes precedence over the history of its two halves, as different as they are. Speaking of halves, Amelia Amell is currently sharing the spotlight with Jesús Chaidez, from…
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