‘Til Eternity Passes Away
Change is a function of time, and what better place to contemplate that fact than in an area that is rapidly undergoing gentrification. Find out more.
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‘Til eternity passes away
What is time? And what happens to it and us when we focus too hard on conceptualizing something so fleeting?
Look Around for My Possibilities
The Riverside Bridge is interesting, but it needed to be an absolute showstopper.
So how does it go from a point of interest to a neighbourhood icon? Let’s shine a little light on the subject.
Look Around for My Possibilities
There’s an 800 meter art installation along Queen Street East, and I bet you don’t even know about it.
We’re going to look at the first of its three parts. Find out more.
Justice in a Fallen World
Eldon Garnet’s mindfulness keeps Equal Before the Law from becoming yet another hackneyed statement about human rights.
Justice in a Fallen World
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.
Justice in a Fallen World
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.
Standing Tall
As you recall, there are eleven figures supporting the courthouse roof. But juries in Canada have twelve members. Where is the 12th juror?
Standing Tall
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.
Standing Tall
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.
Public Art of Toronto 