Some of us spent the late 20th Century staring at tacky, digitally produced optical-illusion posters, hoping to glimpse unremarkable, hard-to-see 3-D images (Is that a tiger or a Dutch oven?).

While others, like Chicago-born artist and notorious tagger Carlos “Dzine” Rolon, spent the decade shaking their own trick-of-the-eye creations out of a spray can.

Tell Daley’s graffiti-blasters to call off the hunt. These days, Dzine has gone legit, creating contemporary pop masterpieces that have garnered international recognition.

At Dzine’s first local show in three years, Staring at the Sun, you’ll lose your gaze again in bright sensual shapes, trippy patterns, and various works of soothing colors that seem to float, splash, or ooze down the canvas. Clear plastic resin and hundreds of shiny glass beads placed over the work add even more psychedelic dimension. And if you really let go, things like music wavelengths (some straight out of Dzine’s recording studio), sexual overtones, and abstract human forms may slowly start to emerge.

And, unlike the ’80s, no squinting or illegal substances are required.

Staring at the Sun, Monique Meloche Gallery, 118 North Peoria Street, between Randolph Street and Washington Boulevard (312-455-0299 or moniquemeloche.com); December 10 through January 29.