A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork that reflects Birmingham’s multicultural population)

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A Real Birmingham Family is a public sculpture by artist Gillian Wearing that portrays an everyday local family to celebrate and challenge traditional notions of family within Birmingham’s diverse, multicultural community.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bronze sculpture ⓘ
public artwork ⓘ
public sculpture ⓘ
basedOn a real Birmingham family selected through an open call ⓘ
collection public art collection of Birmingham ⓘ
commissionedBy Birmingham City Council ⓘ
Ikon Gallery ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Gillian Wearing ⓘ
depicts a single-parent family structure ⓘ
an everyday local family ⓘ
members of the Jones family from Birmingham ⓘ
genre contemporary art ⓘ
public art ⓘ
hasArtisticIntention to invite public debate about family and identity ⓘ
to mirror the city’s demographic reality ⓘ
hasCulturalContext 21st-century Britain ⓘ
post-industrial Birmingham ⓘ
hasDimension life-size figures ⓘ
hasLanguage none ⓘ
hasPart two adult women figures ⓘ
two young children figures ⓘ
hasPublicAccess true ⓘ
hasSignificance discussion of what constitutes a ‘real’ family ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage English ⓘ
inception 2014 ⓘ
locatedIn Birmingham ⓘ
Centenary Square, Birmingham ⓘ
England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
public space ⓘ
materialUsed bronze ⓘ
movement conceptual art ⓘ
notableFor portraying a non-nuclear family ⓘ
reflecting Birmingham’s multicultural population ⓘ
partOf public realm artworks in Birmingham city centre ⓘ
productionMethod cast sculpture ⓘ
purpose to celebrate Birmingham’s diverse community ⓘ
to challenge traditional notions of family ⓘ
sitedNear Library of Birmingham ⓘ
subject everyday life ⓘ
family ⓘ
multiculturalism ⓘ
social diversity ⓘ
theme changing family structures ⓘ
representation of real local residents ⓘ
urban identity ⓘ

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