A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork depicting two sisters and their children)
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A Real Birmingham Family is a public sculpture by British artist Gillian Wearing that portrays two real-life single mothers and their children to challenge traditional notions of what constitutes a family.
All labels observed (1)
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| A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork depicting two sisters and their children) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4821086 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork depicting two sisters and their children) Context triple: [Gillian Wearing, notableWork, A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork depicting two sisters and their children)]
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A.
Friends' burial ground, Birmingham
Friends' burial ground, Birmingham is a historic Quaker cemetery in Birmingham, England, associated with the local Religious Society of Friends community.
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B.
Portrait of a Family
"Portrait of a Family" is a late 16th-century group portrait by Dutch painter Jacob Willemsz Delff the Elder, exemplifying the detailed realism and domestic focus of the Northern Renaissance.
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C.
Irwell Sculpture Trail
Irwell Sculpture Trail is a public art route in North West England featuring a series of contemporary sculptures installed along the River Irwell and its surrounding landscape.
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D.
Ford Madox Brown mural cycle
The Ford Madox Brown mural cycle is a series of large-scale Victorian-era wall paintings in Manchester Town Hall depicting key episodes in the history and development of Manchester.
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E.
City Life (mural)
City Life is a prominent 1934 fresco mural in San Francisco’s Coit Tower that vividly depicts urban scenes and social life during the Great Depression.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork depicting two sisters and their children) Target entity description: A Real Birmingham Family is a public sculpture by British artist Gillian Wearing that portrays two real-life single mothers and their children to challenge traditional notions of what constitutes a family.
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A.
Friends' burial ground, Birmingham
Friends' burial ground, Birmingham is a historic Quaker cemetery in Birmingham, England, associated with the local Religious Society of Friends community.
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B.
Portrait of a Family
"Portrait of a Family" is a late 16th-century group portrait by Dutch painter Jacob Willemsz Delff the Elder, exemplifying the detailed realism and domestic focus of the Northern Renaissance.
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C.
Irwell Sculpture Trail
Irwell Sculpture Trail is a public art route in North West England featuring a series of contemporary sculptures installed along the River Irwell and its surrounding landscape.
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D.
Ford Madox Brown mural cycle
The Ford Madox Brown mural cycle is a series of large-scale Victorian-era wall paintings in Manchester Town Hall depicting key episodes in the history and development of Manchester.
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E.
City Life (mural)
City Life is a prominent 1934 fresco mural in San Francisco’s Coit Tower that vividly depicts urban scenes and social life during the Great Depression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
bronze sculpture
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public artwork ⓘ public sculpture ⓘ |
| artMovement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Ikon Gallery public art programme ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Birmingham City Council
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Ikon Gallery ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Gillian Wearing ⓘ |
| depicts |
a contemporary family
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single mothers ⓘ their children ⓘ two sisters ⓘ |
| depictsAgeGroup | children ⓘ |
| depictsSex | female adults ⓘ |
| exhibitionType | permanent public display ⓘ |
| genre |
figurative sculpture
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public art ⓘ |
| hasArtisticStyle | realist figurative sculpture ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | 21st-century Britain ⓘ |
| hasPart |
figures of children
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figures of two adult women ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| inception | 2014 ⓘ |
| intendedMessage | there is no single model of a real family ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
media coverage in the UK
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public debate about family values ⓘ |
| language | none ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Birmingham, England
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linked to:
Birmingham, United Kingdom
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| location | Birmingham ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
family
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single parenthood ⓘ |
| material | bronze ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Gillian Wearing ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| purpose |
to challenge traditional notions of family
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to represent the diversity of modern families ⓘ |
| theme |
contemporary family life
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representation of single mothers ⓘ social commentary ⓘ |
| unveiledIn | 2014 ⓘ |
| usesMedium | cast bronze ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork depicting two sisters and their children) Description of subject: A Real Birmingham Family is a public sculpture by British artist Gillian Wearing that portrays two real-life single mothers and their children to challenge traditional notions of what constitutes a family.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Gillian Wearing
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notableWork
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A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork depicting two sisters and their children)
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