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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Robert Herguth

Painting from rooftops and tagging trains, graffiti artist Zwon is making his mark on Chicago

A graffiti piece done by Zwon this year on a freight train on the South Side. (Provided)

The Chicago graffiti artist who goes by Zwon says creating street art is “relaxing” and lets him “not think about ordinary life struggles. Just a way to turn off and be in the moment.”

Wait, but isn’t Zwon the guy who sometimes dangles from tall buildings with a rope and harness in the dark of night so he can illicitly splash his name — and maybe a snake or a skull or another character — on a wall in big, bold letters?

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