With respect to tradition. Named workshop of artist Georgy Loyko opened in BSPU

The grand opening of the name workshop of Professor Georgy Loiko took place on September 25 at the Faculty of Aesthetic Education of the Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after M. Tank, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency reports.

In the golden fund of teachers

The opening of the workshop, which will become a platform for master classes, lectures, exhibitions, is timed to the 80th anniversary of the birth of G. Loiko and the 25th anniversary of his work in the educational institution.

- For a quarter of a century he successfully combined pedagogical, artistic activities and until recently - management. For many years he headed the Department of Art and Pedagogical Education, said Vice-Rector for Academic Work of BSPU, Candidate of Biological Sciences Associate Professor Veronika Radygina. Over the years, he has educated a whole galaxy of art teachers. The hand of the master is that Georgy Valentinovich is very careful about traditions, always strives for the high artistic value of any work.

Concluding her speech, V. Radygina noted that this day will go down in the history of the university, and the name of G. Loyko is forever inscribed in the golden fund of BSPU teachers.

By the way, this is not the first studio in the faculty. A good tradition continues, and not so long ago an audience dedicated to the activities of the sculptor, People’s Artist of Belarus Ivan Misko was opened here.

The auditorium, located on the third floor, presents works by both the master – G. Loiko (“Under a Peaceful Sky”) and young authors. Among them are Julia Silich (“Autumn Still Life”), Natalia Kondratovich (“Mountain Landscape”), Margarita Akhremchik (“Autumn Landscape”). In the center of the audience is “Portrait of an Artist” by Christina Step, written for the 80th anniversary of the artist, professor of the Department of Art and Pedagogical Education.

- You have been working with the younger generation for many years. Your students became well-known teachers, painters, became part of the Belarusian Union of Artists, said Dean of the Faculty of Aesthetic Education, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences Associate Professor Irina Shestitko.

She congratulated the teacher, artist G. Loiko on the opening of the workshop and wished talented and enthusiastic young people.

Express thoughts and feelings

After the grand opening, students personally communicated with the master and learned about his creative plans. I wonder what kind of creative youth he thinks today.

- I am happy when motivated students come, he shared with a smile. One of my teachers from the Belarusian Theater and Art Institute (now the Belarusian State Academy of Arts) said: You did not come to learn how to draw, you had to learn this in a secondary specialized educational institution. You have come to express thoughts and feelings through artistic images.”.

- Do you feel more like an artist or a teacher?

- I’m probably more of an artist, although all my life, oddly enough, I was engaged in teaching.

In Belarus, there are connoisseurs of art, but they probably have financial opportunities to buy paintings by professional authors. And people who have these funds do not always understand, unfortunately, art or are completely far from this topic. I was wondering how to find a buyer.

- Unfortunately, this is a very painful issue. Especially for artists who grew up and received education in the Soviet years. We had two buyers at the time. The first, the most important, is the state. There were agreements on certain topics. It's different now, he continued. There are few collectors in Belarus who can afford to have art galleries. And for the house enough small canvases - landscape, still life or portrait. The thematic picture today, unfortunately, is not in the greatest honor.

The art of the book

Another part of Loyko’s work is methodical work, the result of which were books published in different years. For example, textbooks for schoolchildren. So, in 2022, “Plastic Anatomy: Workshop” received a diploma of the I degree in the nomination “Science and Education” at the XIX International Competition of CIS Member States. Soon another one will be published – “Composition in Fine Arts” for students of higher educational institutions by G. Loiko and I. Savelyev.

For reference

Georgy Loiko is Honored Art Worker of Belarus, Professor of the Department of Art and Pedagogical Education of the BSPU FEO. Chairman of the “Tradition” section of the Belarusian Union of Artists. According to the sketch of G. Loiko, the mural “Oberakh” was created (the performer is a graduate of the BSPU, artist Konstantin Pakhomchik) on a residential building No. 46 on the street. Gromov.

Photo by Sergei Pozhi