A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork in bronze on a plinth)

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bronze sculpture outdoor artwork public sculpture

A Real Birmingham Family is a bronze public sculpture by artist Gillian Wearing that portrays an everyday local family to reflect the diversity and contemporary identity of Birmingham.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork in bronze on a plinth) canonical	1
A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork located in Birmingham city centre)	1
A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork that forms part of Birmingham’s public art collection)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4821093 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork in bronze on a plinth)
Context triple: [Gillian Wearing, notableWork, A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork in bronze on a plinth)]

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.
B. Triumph of Labour statue
The Triumph of Labour statue is a prominent bronze sculpture on Chennai’s Marina Beach depicting four workers straining to move a rock, symbolizing the dignity and strength of labor.
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.
D. Birmingham Museums Trust
Birmingham Museums Trust is a charitable organization that operates and cares for Birmingham’s major museum sites and collections, preserving and presenting the city’s cultural and historical heritage.
E. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is a major public museum and art gallery in Birmingham, England, renowned for its extensive collections of fine art, applied art, archaeology, and local history.
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 in bronze on a plinth)
Target entity description: A Real Birmingham Family is a bronze public sculpture by artist Gillian Wearing that portrays an everyday local family to reflect the diversity and contemporary identity of Birmingham.

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.
B. Triumph of Labour statue
The Triumph of Labour statue is a prominent bronze sculpture on Chennai’s Marina Beach depicting four workers straining to move a rock, symbolizing the dignity and strength of labor.
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.
D. Birmingham Museums Trust
Birmingham Museums Trust is a charitable organization that operates and cares for Birmingham’s major museum sites and collections, preserving and presenting the city’s cultural and historical heritage.
E. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is a major public museum and art gallery in Birmingham, England, renowned for its extensive collections of fine art, applied art, archaeology, and local history.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bronze sculpture ⓘ outdoor artwork ⓘ public sculpture ⓘ
commissionedBy	Birmingham City Council ⓘ Ikon Gallery ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
creator	Gillian Wearing ⓘ
depicts	contemporary family life ⓘ everyday local family ⓘ their children ⓘ two adult sisters ⓘ
genre	figurative sculpture ⓘ public art ⓘ
hasLanguage	English (inscriptions, if any) ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage	English ⓘ
inception	2014 ⓘ
locatedIn	Birmingham ⓘ England ⓘ
materialUsed	bronze ⓘ
mounting	plinth ⓘ
notableFor	portraying a non‑traditional family unit ⓘ reflecting modern definitions of family ⓘ
partOf	public art of Birmingham ⓘ
publicAccess	yes ⓘ
purpose	to reflect the diversity of Birmingham ⓘ to represent contemporary identity of Birmingham ⓘ
selectionCriteria	to represent a real Birmingham family ⓘ
selectionMethod	public nomination process ⓘ
supportedBy	Arts Council England ⓘ
theme	contemporary urban life ⓘ family diversity ⓘ social identity ⓘ
title	A Real Birmingham Family ⓘ
unveiledBy	Gillian Wearing ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gillian Wearing → notableWork → A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork in bronze on a plinth) ⓘ

Gillian Wearing → notableWork → A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork located in Birmingham city centre) ⓘ

linked to: A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork in bronze on a plinth)

Gillian Wearing → notableWork → A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork that forms part of Birmingham’s public art collection) ⓘ