Brujita offers a stylised, poetic interpretation of a witch in flight. The female body stretches and curves along the broom, creating a light, dynamic composition. The figure seems to rise above the wave-like forms of the base. Rather than relying on realistic detail, Espona builds the sculpture from flowing lines, rounded volumes and open spaces.
The broom forms the composition’s diagonal axis, heightening its sense of movement and balance. Hair and body merge into a free sculptural language in which a recognisable figure becomes a sequence of curves and planes. The treatment of the metal, with its contrast between polished and textured surfaces, gives the work a contemporary character that brings together figuration, fantasy and motion.
The sculpture changes as the viewer walks around it, revealing new relationships between the body, the broom and the undulating base. Its dominant diagonal creates tension, while the open spaces make the composition appear lighter.
Brujita takes a familiar figure from fantasy and transforms it through Espona’s elegant, personal approach to form. More than a literal depiction of flight, the work conveys freedom, playfulness and a moment of movement held in suspension.
V. de Espona