Monumental Sculpture
Pillars of Justice is a 20-foot wide steel sculpture consisting of a stylized courthouse façade whose pediment is supported by two rows of pillars shaped liked human beings. These represent the jury, the part of the legal system in which the public most often participates. “People are the pillars of justice,” she says.
But in Pillars of Justice, there are only eleven pillars. Edwina has intentionally omitted one pillar so that a person can stand in the vacant space and imagine representing the important twelfth juror. She invites the public to engage with her art: Pillars of Justice is only completed by the viewer’s interaction.