Ruben Cukier's paintings depict images and ideas that are not only pleasing and visually stunning but also somehow universal and timeless. Visual artists like Salvador Dali, Fernando Botero, Dorothea Tanning, and writers such as Jose Saramago, Carlos Fuentes, and Franz Kafka have mined the rich subconscious for imagery. Unexpected juxtapositions that, at first, are baffling and thought-provoking but when considered more closely, produce a frisson of recognition. The recognition of dreams, fears, or thoughts that we ourselves may have experienced at one time or another. That is why his paintings are so appealing.