
Jenny Feal Cuban, b. 1991
Organic Current, 2025
Sculpture
4 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 3 in
11.4 x 7 x 7.6 cm
11.4 x 7 x 7.6 cm
788-2411
Copyright The Artist
From the wall emerges an impossible creature: an octopus sculpted from beeswax, its head shaped by fragility and heat, while its tentacles intertwine with real electrical cables, extending like roots...
From the wall emerges an impossible creature: an octopus sculpted from beeswax, its head shaped by fragility and heat, while its tentacles intertwine with real electrical cables, extending like roots in search of connection.
This hybrid of technology and nature exists at the threshold between the living and the inanimate. The organic, ephemeral nature of wax contrasts with the cold, functional copper, creating a dialogue between electricity—the invisible nerve of modernity—and the biology of a being that moves through impulses, just like the current running through the walls of every inhabited space.