The paintings of these series are executed in a manner characteristic of the artist, clearly referring to the Little Dutch. A significant role is played by the deep black background — it creates the necessary optical effect, thanks to which the characters depicted by the artist, on the one hand, are framed by this enveloping void, on the other hand, they are brought to the fore in the fullness of their selves, their presence, and being here. Nothing seems to happen in the works themselves, but in fact they document the existence of a thing in itself, their lives as separate particles of a single world.
The series in many ways resembles the gallery of a fetishist maniacally pursuing the object of his painful desire — semi-naked bodies, nude nylon stockings, lace bras, petticoats and combinations are captured in their undisguised fragility and shamelessness at the same time.
The sensual portrayed by Shvetsov initially puzzles the viewer, confuses him with his frankness and directness, at first it is awkward to look at him, to examine these almost intimate transparency and folds. But, like everything forbidden, usually hidden from prying eyes, it attracts the gaze and makes you glance over the silky and lacy surfaces over and over again. The beauty of the writing, the detachment of the characters depicted, their apparent sensuality fascinate and repel, even scare away — through them we meet ourselves. Since the things captured by the author and the way these things are captured contain the gaze of the beholder, what we see has been looking at us for a long time.
It is based on the text of Lizaveta Matveeva.
