The paths of arts of Lopez Oliva aren’t direct but oblique, resulting from a vision as part of his understanding of art history itself. Therefore, the painter chooses to suggest metaphors that demand the audience’s involvement, as if in a theater. The dramatic and ritual plots of Lopez Oliva’s paintings reflect a certain new-Baroque taste, transcending linear interpretations. The recurrent use of masks shouldn’t be an obstable for contemplation. On the contrary, behind them, the human soul pounds naked its great miseries, its ups and downs. They recall and confirm, in any case, carnivalization…as a procedure to reveal essences.

– Virginia Alberdi, Havana, Cuba