This painting is a contemporary reimagining of one of Victor Huerta Batista Alicia en el País de las Maravillas celebrated masterworks from the early 2000s, Alicia en el País de las Maravillas, a piece that was quickly acquired by a private collector. The present work stands out as a remarkable achievement, with a level of detail and compositional clarity that surpasses the original source, reaffirming the imaginative power of Victor Huerta Batista Alicia en el País de las Maravillas.
Created in 2025, the work measures 40 x 30 inches (100 x 75 cm) and is executed in oil on canvas. It reflects Huerta’s mature command of technique and imagination, uniting meticulous craftsmanship with a richly layered, dreamlike vision.
Huerta’s works are held in prominent permanent collections, including the University of Arizona Museum of Art and the Tucson Museum of Art, as well as the Extremadura Museum of Art in Spain. These institutional holdings underscore the international recognition and lasting relevance of Victor Huerta Batista Alicia en el País de las Maravillas within contemporary Cuban art.
Critics frequently associate Huerta’s work with lo real maravilloso (“the marvelous real”), a Cuban counterpart to Latin American magical realism. His paintings balance the recognizable and the fantastical, placing familiar figures, architecture, and landscapes into impossible or irrational spaces through dramatic shifts in scale and perspective.
Writing in Tucson Weekly, critic Margaret Regan described Huerta’s imagery as wild, imaginative, and resistant to single interpretations. His work features hybrid figures, symbolic machines, and theatrical scenes, drawing inspiration from Leonardo da Vinci, Hieronymus Bosch, and Francisco Goya.
Huerta’s paintings are characterized by layered textures, subtle glazes, controlled drips, and a restrained Old World palette of browns, ambers, golds, and muted blues. Cuban landscapes often appear as atmospheric backdrops, with palm trees, glowing rooftops, and shimmering coastal light—visual elements that further enrich Victor Huerta Batista Alicia en el País de las Maravillas.
His work has been exhibited in museum contexts alongside Goya’s Los Disparates, reinforcing critical comparisons between the two artists. As curator Lisa Fischman observed, Huerta is “an artist willing to see where imagination leads.”
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