Endemic Landscape
2004
Oil and resin on canvas
59.84 × 59.84 in (152 × 152 cm)
Status: Private Collection
Collection: Yctyogenesis
Endemic Landscape expands the imaginative universe of Yctyogenesis, presenting a visionary ecosystem built from hybrid anatomical forms and endemic Cuban fish species. Rather than serving as a single emblematic core — like Endemic Shield — this piece functions as a broader environmental map: a living terrain where evolution, memory, and identity flow together.
It evokes the diverse coastal environments the artist explored in his childhood, translating biological observation into a surreal landscape-being that feels both organic and mythic. In this world, nature becomes architecture, and survival becomes a form of continuous transformation.