Darth Vader is getting the pop-art treatment tonight as students from a Lakeview school are attempting to set a Guinness World Record with more than 100 portraits of the “
” character.
Students from
Alphonsus Academy & Center of the Arts
will display their
-inspired portraits at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the
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(2936 N. Southport Ave.). While Warhol famously used screen prints for his portraits of Marilyn Monroe and other famous figures, the students used stencils and a variety of colors to depict Luke Skywalker’s villainous father.
The event, which is free to the public, will included a presentation and comments from the students, according to a release from the Athenaeum. The portraits will be on display through May 31 during regular business hours. Photos of the portraits are on the theater’s
.