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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Matt Moore

Artist captures life after steel mills close, prosecution rests in R. Kelly trial and more in your Chicago news roundup

Roman Villarreal stands among his art now on display at Intuit. Born in 1950, the self-taught sculptor and painter has been practicing full-time since the steel mills closed in the ’70s. “Since I was a little kid, my mother said I was a shaper,” Villarreal said of his path to becoming an artist. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

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