815 (Birds in Space)

Maria Esthela’s sculptural installation approach migration as both a natural phenomenon and social condition. 815 (Birds in Space) extends from artworks of an almost identical name by Constantin Brancusi and Liz Larner respectively, pluralizing the pieces from the vantage point of a combined perspective. Like Larner from Brancusi, Maria Esthela’s intricately handmade copper work builds upon a shifting form that appears to be taking off and dissipating in the air, much like the movement of birds or monarch butterflies during migration.

815 is Maria Esthela's largest sculpture to date, made of approximately 8,500 hand-looped copper links.