The Irony of Justice

Year : 2017
Dimension : 43 × 31 cm (Height × Depth)
Weight : 743 grams
Edition Size : Unique piece
Base Price : Sold
Artist : Mahmood Rafati
Material : Natural wood, metal chains, metal balance bowls, industrial fittings
Technique : Sculpting with natural wood to form a crooked, unstable branch; incorporating metal chains and unbalanced metal bowls as symbols of flawed justice; and using industrial fittings to underscore the artificiality of judicial structures

A scale hung from a crooked branch, with unbalanced bowls and a frame more reminiscent of gallows than judgment. *The Irony of Justice* presents a justice stripped of meaning—remaining only as form. Balance is never achieved, and the human stands not as a subject of justice, but as its mocked object