1981年生まれ、2011年頃に西淡路希望の家(大阪市東淀川区)の美術部に入部し、月に3回、毎回2時間の制作活動を行う。時間があれば自宅でも手元にある紙とペンで制作に没頭している。
黒田が描くのは、戦国時代や現代社会を舞台にした戦闘の物語で、主題はいつも「地球の破滅」や「人類の滅亡」など。マンガをイメージさせるコマ割のフォーマットに、得体の知れない生き物や人間がうごめき、血を流し、吹き飛ぶ様な描写が繰り広げられる。本人曰く3歳から描いているとのことだが、詳細な内容は職人的なスピードと癖のある描写の為、判読が困難だ。独創的なのはその描き方で、物語の結末から時間を遡る形で描き、画用紙だと下方から、連続モノならば後編から描く。
不幸な結末を前提とし、終わりからはじまりに向かって物語を描いていくことに、何かその意味を考えさせられる強い力を持つ。
黒田勝利 Katsutoshi Kuroda
黒田勝利
Katsutoshi Kuroda
Katsutoshi Kuroda (born 1981) joined the art club at Nishi-Awaji House of Hope (Higashi-Yodogawa, Osaka) in around 2011, and makes artworks for two hours, three times a month. He also work at home, whenever he finds time, he gets absorbed into making works with found paper and pens.
Kuroda always draws battle stories set in the Warring State period or in contemporary society, his themes includes “the destruction of Earth” and “the fall of humankind”. He uses the frame-divided format, reminiscent of manga comics, and fills the frames with unknown creatures and humans squirming, bleeding and being blown up. According to Kuroda, he has been making drawings since he was three years old, but details of the contents are hard to decipher due to his fast and quirky drawing style. His way of drawing is unique; he draws from the end of the story, drawing backwards in time, towards the start. With drawing paper, he starts from the bottom and works to the top. With a longer series work, he starts drawing from the last part.
The fact that he presupposes a miserable ending and draws the story from the end to the beginning has a strong power, making the viewers think about the meaning of it all.
