Works with nature as abstract studies, what more could the viewer wish for? From their perspective in the real world, the viewer has to find some constant, and an affirmation of their own existence in these canvases. Addressing “the recent past” in his stark figurative, abstract canvas-formulas, Dashevsky aspires to suspend the impact of the future, to minimise its intrusion into daily occurrence. It is because of this that his works are eternally nostalgic, they are disturbing, painful and unbearably touching in their attempt to honestly record life as it is. Dashevsky appeals to the feelings of the lonely spectator, crystallising his unique experiences for them, one on one and suggesting that they familiarize themselves with and appropriate them, to make these experiences their own.This revelation hypnotises the spectator, and Dashevsky continues to create all the necessary conditions to serve this aim.
Dmitry Ozerkov