Oleg Grigoriev, two works
 

Sold two works by Oleg Grigoryev, a famous artist and poet , St. Petersburg significant character of the second half of the 20th century , closely associated with the circle of artists Aref'eva .

" Frog " - paper , mixed media, 35h20 cm, 1970 .
"Still life with a bottle and skull " - paper , mixed media 20x30 cm , 1970 .

Works exhibited at " Mitka . Stop on the 25th anniversary of " the Central Exhibition Hall " Manege " (St. Petersburg, 2010)

Oleg Grigoryev ( 1 943 - one thousand nine hundred ninety-two ).
From 1955 to 1960 he studied at the SHSH , was expelled for formalism . Worked on October railway watchman, in a production association " Red Triangle " nailer . Widely known as a poet . Before perestroika published only nursery rhymes . Immediately after the publication of the first book , " Jackass " (1971 ) was convicted for assault , spent two years. Probation for the second time in 1989 - for resisting police.

Grigorieva legacy as an artist is mostly graphics . There are data on the effect of early works Tselkova O. , a noticeable passion Picasso : many sketches of tracks going , must be from " Guernica " - entirely filled with numerous figures and objects paper space , body , resembling the armature. The main part of the heritage make sketches from nature . Preferred to portray the world affected by natural processes of destruction, untidy : shack , dilapidated buildings , messy pile of clothes on a chair or a hanger . Finds relish in things aesthetically outcasts , and with the formal side - structural, folded . Items with garbage, rubbish bins twisted , broken shoes, fish heads , two old kettle , as the couple has lived life , they manifested a special beauty . Sometimes there is a plot , merges with the poetics of his poems : PUPS fight with a broken down or plucked chicken carcasses . Like " assembly" of similar items - brooms , keys, pots , nails, tanks , there is a series of fire shields. Present world natural remnant wood, intricately twisted, herbs, flowers, which emphasized their "sexuality" , bird's nest , wings caught rat paws lovingly loomed . Characterized by lively interest and power of sympathy.
L. Gurevich . Leningrad underground artists : A Biographical Dictionary . St. Petersburg , St. Petersburg - Arts , 2007 .

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