For an upcoming #publicart project with the amazing @brookekaminrapaport @madsqparknyc , researching visual representations of justice - weighing of souls (Egyptian Book of the Dead) Maat, Dike, Themis, Justitia, whose eyes were not always covered, blindfolded or not fully sighted, the thwarted female gaze; the ‘lust of the eyes’ or ‘fetish of equivalence’, figure with one face or two faces, aporetic, the inherent paradox in the development of the blindfolded allegorical figure - while focusing on the tension between law and justice. #lawandimage #ladyjustice #havah #shahziasikander #madisonsquarepark #research #bibliothequenationaledefrance