Скачать или смотреть ガタロ "清掃員の画家" / Gataro "A Janitor Artist"

ガタロ　(1949-) GATARO
広島県
河童やくず拾いを意味する「ガタロ」を名乗る。
高校卒業後、製版会社や郵便配達員、キャバレーのボーイ、日雇い労働などの職を経て、33歳のときから広島市の市営基町アパートにあるショッピングセンターで清掃員として働き始める。以後35年以上、毎朝午前4時から午前9時半頃まで清掃の仕事に従事。勤務後、みずからが使っている掃除道具の佇まいに美しさを感じ、拾ってきたクレヨンなどでスケッチをするようになる。
メディアへの露出により、近年は「聖人」として認知されているガタロだが、ステレオタイプ化された自身のイメージと上手く折り合えない本来の姿を投影した新作絵画を展示。使い古された道具の最終形態としての「雑巾」を2018年4月から毎日描いた。

Gataro (born 1949, lives in Hiroshima Prefecture)
This self-taught artist calls himself “Gataro,” which refers to kappa, a Japanese monster, and to scrap-iron pickers.
After graduating from high school, Gataro worked at a plate-making company and as a postman, a waiter in a nightclub, and a day laborer. Later, at the age of 33, he began working as a janitor at the shopping center in the Municipal Motomachi Apartments in Hiroshima. Since then, he has cleaned from 4:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. every morning for over 35 years. After taking this job, he began finding beauty in the appearance of the cleaning equipment he used and he started making sketches using crayons and other art tools that he picked up.
Although, in recent years, Gataro has come to be known as a “saint” due to his media exposure, he exhibits new drawings that reflect his true nature and that do not match up with his public image. Since April 2018, everyday he has drawn rags. They represent the final, well-worn form of some of his most basic cleaning supplies.


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