Jeffrey over at Curbs and Stoops put me on to this. Lapiztola is an urban art collective composed of three artists from Oaxaca, Yankel, Rosario and Roberto. The name itself, Lapiztola, is a play on word composed of the spanish word for Pistol (pistola) and the spanish word for pencil (lapiz). The intent was to create a name where two elements are combined to have a greater meaning – that of shooting graphic elements into the city. “Our style emerged from the need to express and demonstrate against what was happening in our city.” the collective shares.
“El Grito.”, or ‘the scream’ in english, is from the drug culture series. Much of the work made by the collective exposes the faults of the local government in order to eradicate local problem via their art work. “When the movement started the work started to pop up in prominent areas and the art work became very charged with social and political messages. There was suddenly more critique and people were more conscientious about the urban art that plastered the city.” the collective expresses in a recent interview with Curbs and Stoops.
“El Grito.” is a 20″ x 26″ silkscreen on fine art paper limited edition of 45. Each print will go for 60$ which includes shipping in the United States. Buy the print here.
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