Rahmaan Barnes was 13 when he got into graffiti. He went from drawing comic books and airbrushing T-shirts to making magic with a spray can, the city his canvas.
He says neither has happened yet.
Statik chose the Caravaggio as his subject to “push the limit of what you can do with a spray can,” but also because this image, with Doubting Thomas probing Jesus’s wound to test its reality, is relevant to his experience. The Remix is an underdog piece, he says: “I’m saying stop underestimating the work that people are doing with a spray can.”
Through 1/12
“Chicago Street Art Stories” Sat 1/11, 1 PM Claudia Cassidy Theater
Chicago Cultural Center 78 E. Washington 312-744-6630cityofchicago.org free
