A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork challenging traditional family representations)

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A Real Birmingham Family is a public sculpture by artist Gillian Wearing that portrays a non-traditional local family to question and broaden conventional definitions of what a family looks like in contemporary society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bronze sculpture ⓘ
public artwork ⓘ
public sculpture ⓘ
artist Gillian Wearing ⓘ
artMovement contemporary art ⓘ
citySymbol representation of Birmingham’s social diversity ⓘ
commissionedBy Birmingham City Council ⓘ
Ikon Gallery ⓘ
commissionType public commission ⓘ
controversy criticised by some for not depicting a two-parent family ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
creatorBirthPlace Birmingham ⓘ
creatorNationality British ⓘ
depictionStyle realistic ⓘ
depicts Angela Millington ⓘ
Kelly Hodges ⓘ
single-parent family ⓘ
two children ⓘ
genre figurative sculpture ⓘ
public art ⓘ
hasContext debates about family, gender, and social change ⓘ
hasSubject real-life local residents ⓘ
intendedAudience general public ⓘ
locatedIn Birmingham ⓘ
England ⓘ
materialUsed bronze ⓘ
medium cast bronze ⓘ
publicAccess free ⓘ
purpose to broaden definitions of what a family looks like ⓘ
to challenge traditional representations of the family ⓘ
scale life-size figures ⓘ
selectionCriteria local Birmingham family ⓘ
reflecting diversity of contemporary families ⓘ
selectionProcess family chosen from open public call ⓘ
subjectMatter everyday life ⓘ
theme contemporary family life ⓘ
non-traditional family structures ⓘ
representation of ordinary people ⓘ
social inclusion ⓘ
unveiledIn 2014 ⓘ

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Gillian Wearing → notableWork → A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork highlighting contemporary social realities) ⓘ
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Gillian Wearing → notableWork → A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork that invites viewers to reconsider stereotypes about families) ⓘ
linked to: A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork challenging traditional family representations)