O Σπαθάρης στην Αυλή των θαυμάτων
Spatharis in the Garden of Wonders
O Σπαθάρης στην Αυλή των θαυμάτων, Υδατογραφία σε χειροποίητο χαρτί, 61Χ48 εκ., 2023Spatharis in the Garden of Wonders, Watercolour on handmade paper, 61×48 cm, 2023
Ο Σωτήριος Σπαθάρης γεννήθηκε το 1892 στη Σαντορίνη, αλλά
μεγάλωσε στο Μεταξουργείο και στις γειτονιές κάτω από την Ακρόπολη, όπου ο
πατέρας του δούλευε εργάτης στις ανασκαφές. Από νεαρή ηλικία παρακολουθούσε
Καραγκιόζη. Τις πρώτες του παραστάσεις άρχισε να τις δίνει στο σπίτι του στο
Μεταξουργείο. Για ένα διάστημα έμεινε στην οδό Λυσίου στους Αέρηδες.
Sotirios Spatharis was born in 1892 in Santorini, but grew up in the Athens quarter of Metaxourgeio and the neighbourhoods below the Acropolis, where his father was employed as a worker for the archaeological excavations. From a young age he watched the Greek shadow-puppet theatre, or “Karaghiozis.” He started giving his own Karaghiozis performances at his home in Metaxourgeio. For a while he lived in Lysiou Street, close by the Tower of the Winds.
Sotirios Spatharis was born in 1892 in Santorini, but grew up in the Athens quarter of Metaxourgeio and the neighbourhoods below the Acropolis, where his father was employed as a worker for the archaeological excavations. From a young age he watched the Greek shadow-puppet theatre, or “Karaghiozis.” He started giving his own Karaghiozis performances at his home in Metaxourgeio. For a while he lived in Lysiou Street, close by the Tower of the Winds.