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PHOTOS: 'Celestial' Graffiti Mural Going Up in Prospect Heights

 Artist "NME," real name Sean Griffin, is curating a new graffiti mural at St. Johns Place and Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights.
Luminous al Fresco
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS — A new “celestial” graffiti mural is going up in the neighborhood this week, according to the group of artists painting the work on St. Johns Place.

The 92-foot-long artwork — titled  “Luminous al Fresco” — is being spray-painted on construction fencing that wraps around the corner of St. Johns Place and Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights.

The work is being done with the consent of the owner of a soon-to-open organic cafe there, according to graffiti artist “NME” — real name Sean Griffin — who is curating the work.

The theme of the work will be “celestial,” Griffin said, with “flowing particles” and “galaxies” throughout five panels created by five separate artists. In addition to himself and Rezor, three other graffiti artists — “Joust,” “Ceos” and “Just” — will add their designs to the wall in the next week or so, he said.

Griffin and fellow artist “Rezor” were hard at work on Monday afternoon spraying two panels on the painted black wall, which Griffin said was specially constructed by the architect of the building for their mural.

“We’re going to make it look like it has illuminated parts,” Griffin added as he worked on a piece depicting a futuristic-looking woman in an anime-style space suit on a field of crystals.

 

new graffiti by @nmeoner and @rezor225 going up on St. Johns and Washington in Prospect Heights

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Griffin has painted once before in the neighborhood, adding a design to construction fencing directly across the street from his current project. That mural included several vivid portraits of black women created by artist Danielle Mastrion and Carlos Game and the distinctive lightbulb designs of Meres One of the 5Pointz crew. Those pieces have now been removed, but were saved in storage for an upcoming gallery show, Griffin said.

The Prospect Heights corner has been the site of public art installations since the summer of 2013 when artist Candy Chang created one of her “Before I Die” walls there, asking passersby to write bucket list goals on the wall with colored chalk.

“Luminous al Fresco” will be on display at 810 Washington Ave. through the late fall, Griffin said.