Novus Sphynx is a digital artist working in Cuba. His works deploy references to historical figures, metaphors, hybridity, and dystopian futurism. The artist, known for his anonymity within a national context where anonymity for state artists is uncommon, incorporates within his digital works ethereal barren landscapes, depopulated zones, scarcity of social cohesion, the imbalance of power, and the merging of the past, present, and distant future. Aiming to capture more geopolitical and universal themes, Novus Sphynx’s art provides a window into the Cuban state’s support of digital art and the particular themes of scarcity that state artists produce. Unlike other areas of Cuban art, the works bypass cultural and national symbols and instead opt for universal references to empire and digital innovation for its own sake. The work is emblematic of an approach to resilience. Novus Sphynx’s images convey an overall sense of a barren land and embattled protagonist within a larger global context.
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