Mexico City

The Art

This mural, titled Levántate Mujer (“Arise Woman”), is a cry for “courage and encouragement to all the women who are struggling, who feel alone, who feel unheard, ignored, that they are not worthy… you are not the only one, we are all going to fight with you.” Liz and Pamela’s work symbolizes “a woman who is emerging from a darkness that represents all her past and everything that has been difficult in her life. It is a call for her to rise up.”

This symbolism of the woman breaking the wall represents leaving suffering behind and bringing inspiration to women to fight for themselves. Liz and Pamela’s intention for this mural is to make women feel powerful, and to defend what they have fought for for so long.

Reflecting on Mexico’s rich history with murals as a method of communication, Liz states that street art is a “tool for education, a tool for transmitting [a] very powerful and strong message.” She believes that “art that lives in the public space has an enormous responsibility” that should not be taken lightly by artists. Pamela believes that, as artists, they have a social responsibility to transmit the message of gender equality through platforms such as Converse All Star Murals.