Pillars of Justice - Toronto, Ontario - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

This statue in front of the Courthouse, at 361 University Avenue, represents a jury. There is one space that does not hold a figure and you are supposed to imagine yourself there. I've never been on a jury and have mixed feelings about that.

"PILLARS OF JUSTICE, 2007

Steel
17 x 15 ft. (5m 50cm x 4m 58cm)
McMurtry Gardens of Justice
Toronto Courthouse, Toronto, Ontario

Pillars of Justice is a 20-foot-wide steel sculpture consisting of a stylized courthouse façade, whose pediment is supported by two rows of columns shaped like human beings. Edwina’s concept of human-columns represents the twelve-person jury—the part of the legal system in which the public most often participates.

In Pillars of Justice, there are only eleven pillars. Edwina has intentionally omitted one human-column so that a person can stand there or imagine being in the vacant space and “become” the important twelfth juror."

Taken from the artist's website: (visit link)

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Pillars of Justice Figure Type: Human Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Edwina Sandys Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 2007 Materials used: Steel Location: University Avenue - in front of the Court House - Toronto

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