Jean-Claude Garoute

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rdf:langString Jean-Claude "Tiga" Garoute (December 9, 1935 – December 14, 2006) was a Haitian painter and sculptor. Born in Jérémie, Garoute co-founded a museum of ceramic art in Haiti named . An abstract painter, he participated in art festivals throughout the world. Tiga and founded the post-naïve school of Haitian painting. The school was born when they offered farmers in , a rural area near Port-au-Prince, drawing and painting materials. Out of the movement came such painters as Levoy Exil, Louisiane Saint Fleurant, , and to name a few. The movement drew the eye of French author André Malraux who dedicated a chapter to it in his book L'Intemporel. In the late 80's Tiga also created , a gallery and cultural center where he taught children and adults art through his Rotation Artistique (Artistic Rotation) method. The method consisted of letting pupils roam freely from clay to drums to paint to ink. Kaytiga had various addresses in Pétion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, over the years and eventually moved to Delmas, another suburb of Port-au-Prince. In his own paintings, Tiga often used his "Solèy Brulé" method, a combination of ink and acid. Tiga died in December 2006 in Florida after suffering from cancer. Haiti's February 2007 carnival was dedicated to him and embraced the theme Solèy Leve (Risen Sun) to evoke the Saint-Soleil movement he co-created. Some of the alumni of include Haitian painters Philippe Dodard and . Brooklyn-based singer Riva Nyri Précil is an alumna of . The german-haitian Rapper Frederik Torch Hahn was also a student of Kaytiga.