PhxArt talks with Reynier Leyva Novo | Juan Francisco Elso, Por América | Methuselah

Reynier Leyva Novo (b. 1983, Havana, Cuba, and based in Houston, Texas) is one of Cuba’s leading conceptual artists. Novo’s practice challenges ideology and symbols of power, challenging notions of an individual’s ability to affect change. His multidisciplinary practice includes mining historical data and official documents, the content of which he transforms into formally minimalist and conceptually charged sculptures and immersive multimedia installations. Novo’s artwork has been presented at the Liverpool Biennial (2010), Venice Biennale (2011, 2017), Havana Biennial (2015, 2019), Shanghai Biennale (2018), Ghetto Biennale in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (2019), Aichi Triennial (2019), among others. His art is collected by international museums and arts institutions such as the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Bronx Museum of Art, New York; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Pérez Art Museum, Miami; Museo de Bellas Artes de La Habana; and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, among others.
Reynier Leyva Novo: Methuselah: phxart.org/exh...
Juan Francisco Elso: Por América: phxart.org/exh...
On view through September 17, 2023
at Phoenix Art Museum

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Great content. Novo is one of the most talented contemporary Cuban artists.

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