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Chicago murals: Graffiti artists reunite decades later to tag Evanston wall

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<p>Four friends who grew up graffitiing Evanston walls returned to their hometown this month to add more color and to celebrate the addition of a new “permission wall” for the next generation of writers.</p><p>Garrett Munski, Ole Flores, Alex Mendoza and Jordan Nickel grew up tagging walls, viaducts, underpasses and more as kids in Evanston in the 1990s and early 2000s. Nickel built his adult career around creating art, working under the artist name POSE, Munski went on to work as a mechanic while Flores is a CPA.

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<p>Four friends who grew up graffitiing Evanston walls returned to their hometown this month to add more color and to celebrate the addition of a new “permission wall” for the next generation of writers.</p><p>Garrett Munski, Ole Flores, Alex Mendoza and Jordan Nickel grew up tagging walls, viaducts, underpasses and more as kids in Evanston in the 1990s and early 2000s. Nickel built his adult career around creating art, working under the artist name POSE, Munski went on to work as a mechanic while Flores is a CPA. Mendoza owns his own sign company.</p><p>The four reunited for the first time in decades earlier this month, when they gathered to legally tag a wall on Green Bay Road at Simpson Street. Johnny Cash and Buena Vista Social Club blasted while the four created their individual panels with color and spray cans.</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-4d0000" name="image-4d0000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/557b5ed/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8192x4598+0+433/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F18%2Fc7%2F848a673f43dfb6e780561435b61f%2Fmurals-evanston-260719-14.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/17dd1e9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8192x4598+0+433/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F18%2Fc7%2F848a673f43dfb6e780561435b61f%2Fmurals-evanston-260719-14.jpg 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9a81258/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8192x4598+0+433/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F18%2Fc7%2F848a673f43dfb6e780561435b61f%2Fmurals-evanston-260719-14.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="Garrett Munski stands next to his portion of the graffiti wall on Green Bay Road in Evanston." srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9a81258/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8192x4598+0+433/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F18%2Fc7%2F848a673f43dfb6e780561435b61f%2Fmurals-evanston-260719-14.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/22d0536/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8192x4598+0+433/resize/980x550!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F18%2Fc7%2F848a673f43dfb6e780561435b61f%2Fmurals-evanston-260719-14.jpg 2x" width="490" height="275" data-src="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9a81258/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8192x4598+0+433/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F18%2Fc7%2F848a673f43dfb6e780561435b61f%2Fmurals-evanston-260719-14.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" > </picture> <div class="Figure-content"><figcaption class="Figure-caption"><p>Garrett Munski stands next to his portion of the graffiti wall on Green Bay Road in Evanston.</p></figcaption><span class="line"></span><div class="Figure-credit"><p>Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times</p></div></div> </figure> </div> </div><p>The wall is the precursor to a permissible graffiti wall scheduled to open later this summer on the other side of the same wall, facing an overgrown empty lot.</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-e30000" name="image-e30000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d433f1c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4403x2471+0+232/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F29%2F68%2F1aebb4c34b3fa9858db47e272678%2Fmurals-evanston-260719-07.jpeg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/07b66ed/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4403x2471+0+232/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F29%2F68%2F1aebb4c34b3fa9858db47e272678%2Fmurals-evanston-260719-07.jpeg 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a91d6b2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4403x2471+0+232/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F29%2F68%2F1aebb4c34b3fa9858db47e272678%2Fmurals-evanston-260719-07.jpeg" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="This &quot;permission wall&quot; will allow new taggers to practice their technique on Green Bay Road between Foster and Simpson streets in Evanston." srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a91d6b2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4403x2471+0+232/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F29%2F68%2F1aebb4c34b3fa9858db47e272678%2Fmurals-evanston-260719-07.jpeg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/cb0a226/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4403x2471+0+232/resize/980x550!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F29%2F68%2F1aebb4c34b3fa9858db47e272678%2Fmurals-evanston-260719-07.jpeg 2x" width="490" height="275" data-src="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a91d6b2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4403x2471+0+232/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F29%2F68%2F1aebb4c34b3fa9858db47e272678%2Fmurals-evanston-260719-07.jpeg" data-lazy-load="true" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" > </picture> <div class="Figure-content"><figcaption class="Figure-caption"><p>This “permission wall” will allow new taggers to practice their technique on Green Bay Road between Foster and Simpson streets in Evanston.</p></figcaption><span class="line"></span><div class="Figure-credit"><p>Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times</p></div></div> </figure> </div> </div><p>The four men reminisced about their days as high school taggers while they completed the strokes and shading with their spray cans.</p><p>“As far as graffiti went, Evanston had a strong culture,” Munski says.

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<p>Four friends who grew up graffitiing Evanston walls returned to their hometown this month to add more color and to celebrate the addition of a new “permission wall” for the next generation of writers.</p><p>Garrett Munski, Ole Flores, Alex Mendoza and Jordan Nickel grew up tagging walls, viaducts, underpasses and more as kids in Evanston in the 1990s and early 2000s. Nickel built his adult career around creating art, working under the artist name POSE, Munski went on to work as a mechanic while Flores is a CPA.
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