Every month I take hundreds of pictures. I have to make hard choices as to which I’ll include in the article. This means that I have to leave some interesting photos on the cutting room floor as it were.
It seems like a bit of a waste to not share these images, so once a month I’ll publish some of my favourite but unseen photos.
The Frederick G. Gans QC Memorial is composed of a single bronze abstract figure sculpted by artist Maryon Kantaroff. Kantaroff is a local artist who began her career after majoring […]
On December 5th, 1978, Gans was in the hallway of a courthouse when he was shot him at point blank range. He was killed instantly. His friends, family and coworkers decided to memorialize him and his contributions.
Eldon Garnet’s mindfulness keeps Equal Before the Law from becoming yet another hackneyed statement about human rights.
It’s very easy to say that people are treated equally under the law, but in practice, it’s a lot of work. It requires measurement, and balance and ongoing evaluation.
The foundation of Canadian jurisprudence is equality before and under the law. It is the basis for the Canadian Charter of Rights, and the expectation of every plaintiff who stands before judge and jury. To represent this basic and fundamental right, the McMurtry Gardens of Justice selected Eldon Garnet to create a piece that would encompass the many intricacies of this concept.
As you recall, there are eleven figures supporting the courthouse roof. But juries in Canada have twelve members. Where is the 12th juror?
Sandys obviously put a lot of thought into Pillars of Justice and kept in mind that the Gardens are not merely meant to be a place to visit and meditate on the rights afforded to Canadian citizens, but is also a place to educate people on those rights. And Sandys has found a very clever way of doing it.
The first piece of art installed at The McMurtry Gardens of Justice was Edwina Sandys’ Pillars of Justice. The statue, executed in steel, is composed of a 20-foot pediment supported by eleven columns fashioned into stylized masculine and feminine figures. It is meant to represent the right of a Canadian citizen to be tried by a jury of their peers.
When Freedom of Religion faces Freedom of Expression, is there a winner? Does there have to be?
Public Art of Toronto 