Art critic Tatiana Nechaeva wrote about the sculptor: ‘Despite the strict architectonics of Grishko’s works, they leave a feeling of levity and ease of creation. He works freely, artistically… Grishko belongs to art with all his heart - a tireless worker, an ardent propagandist, a sympathetic and generous mentor, an enthusiastic admirer of someone else’s talent’. The President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli characterized Yuri Grishko as a man of great spiritual culture, erudition and charm. ‘It is impossible to overestimate the master’s contribution to the treasury of Russian art. He is an artist with a bright creative personality, ” he wrote about the sculptor.
Yuri Dmitrievich knew how to extract the most characteristic features from a person’s externality. Possessing skill, wisdom of life, artistic “flair”, he put all this into the material, achieving expressive sound. Thus, a memory was born, enclosed in a unique man-made image of a person. The author treasured this memory, the beauty that he could see, consider, understand, feel and express. And, what is important, the sculptor never tired of sharing it with us: “I love life, I love a person. There are no perfect people. But I want to tell you about the best, beautiful thing that is in every person. As an artist, I see my task in this and strive for this”.
For Andrei Ilyich Kurnakov, he was, above all, a loyal friend, an amazingly talented artist, a kind-hearted person. They met at the House of Art in Pereslavl-Zalessky, where Andrei Ilyich watched with interest the movements of the sculptor’s hands that literally mesmerized him. He made a lot of sketches there.
The artist depicted his character at work in the sculptural workshop of the Creative House named after D.I. Kardovsky. Late evening, outside the huge window there is the dark sky and the silhouettes of tall trees. On the glass are light reflections from the spot illuminating the sculptor. To the right of the window is a wooden ocher shelf on which the sculptor placed his ‘ideas’. The artist shows them in general, without elaborating details. In the center of the picture is the Master. He looks at a small plaster female figurine, his hands rest on the modelling stand: now he will correct something, add, change something. The look is attentive, focused. Andrei Ilyich achieves an amazing portrait resemblance: large features of a handsome face, light gray hair on the temples.
The artist skillfully uses the texture of a rough canvas and large strokes of a wide brush, which add dimension to the image. Later, in 2006, the artist himself placed this portrait in the Art Gallery.
Yuri Dmitrievich knew how to extract the most characteristic features from a person’s externality. Possessing skill, wisdom of life, artistic “flair”, he put all this into the material, achieving expressive sound. Thus, a memory was born, enclosed in a unique man-made image of a person. The author treasured this memory, the beauty that he could see, consider, understand, feel and express. And, what is important, the sculptor never tired of sharing it with us: “I love life, I love a person. There are no perfect people. But I want to tell you about the best, beautiful thing that is in every person. As an artist, I see my task in this and strive for this”.
For Andrei Ilyich Kurnakov, he was, above all, a loyal friend, an amazingly talented artist, a kind-hearted person. They met at the House of Art in Pereslavl-Zalessky, where Andrei Ilyich watched with interest the movements of the sculptor’s hands that literally mesmerized him. He made a lot of sketches there.
The artist depicted his character at work in the sculptural workshop of the Creative House named after D.I. Kardovsky. Late evening, outside the huge window there is the dark sky and the silhouettes of tall trees. On the glass are light reflections from the spot illuminating the sculptor. To the right of the window is a wooden ocher shelf on which the sculptor placed his ‘ideas’. The artist shows them in general, without elaborating details. In the center of the picture is the Master. He looks at a small plaster female figurine, his hands rest on the modelling stand: now he will correct something, add, change something. The look is attentive, focused. Andrei Ilyich achieves an amazing portrait resemblance: large features of a handsome face, light gray hair on the temples.
The artist skillfully uses the texture of a rough canvas and large strokes of a wide brush, which add dimension to the image. Later, in 2006, the artist himself placed this portrait in the Art Gallery.
