Street art can be superficially beautiful, but it also serves as a potent political tool. Stencils and other forms of street art reflect and critique what's going on in the city. Mexican collective Lapiztola understands the importance of a well-placed stencil. They write:
"We are three people: Yankel, Roberto, and Rosario. Before, we painted separately but we started working more as a collective in 2006. We are in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico. We love to work here, but there are many limitations from the government that limit the expression of urban society."
"Our style emerged from the need to express and demonstrate against what was happening in our city."
"Our style emerged from the need to express and demonstrate against what was happening in our city."
"Although we have been invited to put pieces in enclosed spaces such as galleries, the greatest satisfaction is when we see a lot more people looking at our work. That only happens in the street, where it becomes part of a structure of the city."
"Right now, we are working on projects like making shirts. We've had a little exposure in our city and we're working on several things."
