‘You don’t want to put your heroes on a pedestal’

Source Chicago Reader
Original Load Date May 11, 2026, 3 p.m.
Last Updated May 11, 2026, 3 p.m.
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Chicago-born and raised muralist Robert Valadez remembers the song [ “Cult of Personality ][1] ,” a 1988 single from the band Living Colour. “In the song, they say ‘Only you can set you free,’” Valadez said while taking a break, slightly stained from painting the side of CocoBar restaurant on the Ch...