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The stories of Alicia Leal
To the unaware viewer, Alicia Leal's painting may seem naive. But that is a first impression, before discovering the implications of a discourse that is by no means naive, even though it evokes a certain visuality associated with child sensitivity.
With exemplary ease and prejudice, Alicia recreates a world of very vivid colors, with forms to some degree whimsical (although perfectly recognizable, a feast of figuration). But more than a world it recreates the events that have that world as a stage. His is an action painting.
Stagings. Drama. Alicia Leal almost …