A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork that exemplifies Wearing’s interest in ordinary people)

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A Real Birmingham Family is a public sculpture by British artist Gillian Wearing that portrays an everyday local family, challenging traditional notions of what a family looks like in contemporary society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bronze sculpture ⓘ
public artwork ⓘ
public sculpture ⓘ
artMovement contemporary art ⓘ
category Outdoor sculptures in England ⓘ
Sculptures in Birmingham ⓘ
Works by Gillian Wearing ⓘ
commissionedBy Birmingham City Council ⓘ
Birmingham Civic Society ⓘ
Ikon Gallery ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Gillian Wearing ⓘ
depicts an everyday local family ⓘ
two adult women ⓘ
two children ⓘ
exemplifies Gillian Wearing’s interest in ordinary people ⓘ
genre figurative sculpture ⓘ
public art ⓘ
hasLanguageOfTitle English ⓘ
hasTitle A Real Birmingham Family ⓘ
locatedIn Birmingham ⓘ
England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
material bronze ⓘ
notableFor portraying a non‑traditional family unit ⓘ
using real Birmingham residents as models ⓘ
partOf Gillian Wearing’s public art practice ⓘ
publicAccess yes ⓘ
purpose to challenge traditional notions of what a family looks like ⓘ
to represent a real family from Birmingham ⓘ
subjectMatter family ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ
urban life ⓘ
theme contemporary family ⓘ
diversity of family structures ⓘ
ordinary people ⓘ
representation of everyday life ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
unveiledIn 2014 ⓘ
yearOfCompletion 2014 ⓘ

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