La Torre de los Olvidados | Cercado | Dayan Melian Castro

Title: La Torre de los Olvidados
Series: Cercado
Artist: Dayan Melian Castro

Cercado (10 works)

Cercado explores the experience of confinement through visual symbolism. Created from within Cuba, the series examines the tension between freedom and control, transforming familiar national symbols into spaces of enclosure.

Representing the Cuban people, the works speak to enduring, waiting, resisting, and surviving within a system that seeks to limit movement, expression, possibility, and the universal desire to be free. Through delicate line work and powerful symbolism, Cercado reflects on what it means to live enclosed while continuing to dream of open spaces.