
‘Lady Justice’ finds its place outside US court
Shazia Sikandar, a Pakistani-American artist, has designed and installed the ‘Lady Justice’ sculpture outside the New York Appellate
Shahzia Sikandar, a Pakistani-American artist, has recently installed a bronze ‘Lady Justice’ sculpture named ‘Havah,’ sitting atop one of the ten pedestals located at the New York Appellate Courthouse in Manhattan.
According to Shazia Sikandar, who is referred to as the best outdoor artist in New York, the idea behind her recent art piece is unique. “Standing among Moses, Confucius and Zoroaster is the shimmering, golden eight-foot female sculpture, emerging from a pink lotus flower and wearing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s signature lace collar,” she said.
“The sculpture was part of an urgent and necessary cultural reckoning underway as New York along with cities across the world, reconsiders traditional representations of power in public spaces and recasts civic structures to better reflect 21st-century socials and more,” the New York-based Pakistani-American artist said.
“The image of justice as a woman has been present for centuries, but women only gained a juridical voice in the last one. Despite years of women’s struggle for legal socio-economic and political equality, gender bias still continues to create barriers for many women, whether it is health and education rights, equal economic opportunities, gender-based violence and race or class discrimination,” she added.
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