Justice

"My sculpture depicts a woman with her hands balanced and cupped upward on each knee, symbolizing the scales of justice. She is sitting on a polished sphere which represents the world. When viewers look at my sculpture, they see themselves in the sphere. They each can decide who they are and how they want the world to be."

Rendered in lacquer on bronze with a polished stainless steel sphere, Justice draws on one of the oldest visual traditions in law: the woman as embodiment of justice itself, stretching back to Themis in Greek mythology and Justitia in Roman tradition, both invoked for their clear-sightedness and impartiality. Feuerman's version replaces the traditional blindfold and scales with something more direct: a mirrored globe that returns the viewer's own reflection, making the question of justice a personal one rather than an abstract ideal. Installed at Paradiso Castello 1260 during the Venice Biennale, the sculpture sits within a setting already engaged with questions of belonging and perspective, giving Feuerman's piece an added layer of resonance.