Sheila – A larger-than-life five tonne goddess-like bronze sculpture. Known for her focus on the body as an art form, Brisbane based creative Justene Williams, says her five-year-old daughter Honore’s fascination with tiny toy figurines, inspired the almost five metre upscaled version of a superwoman, titled Sheila. Justene’s daughter is interested in superheroes and loves her plastic figurines, so Justene took that and gave the sculpture gravitas.
The name Sheila riffs on the term used for an Aussie woman but it is also the female character carved in stone mainly in Europe from the 11th century, which has interpretations of protector, fertility and empathy and Justene wanted to immortalise those qualities.
