A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork that situates contemporary family life in civic space)

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bronze sculpture public artwork public sculpture

A Real Birmingham Family is a public sculpture by artist Gillian Wearing that portrays a contemporary, non-traditional family to reflect and celebrate the diversity of modern urban life in Birmingham.

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A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork that blurs boundaries between art and social documentation) 1
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Predicate Object
instanceOf bronze sculpture ⓘ
public artwork ⓘ
public sculpture ⓘ
artist Gillian Wearing NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissionedBy Birmingham City Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
Birmingham Civic Society NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ikon Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ
controversy criticised for excluding fathers ⓘ
debate about representation of family ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
creatorAward Turner Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ
creatorAwardYear 1997 ⓘ
creatorNationality British ⓘ
depicts two children ⓘ
two sisters ⓘ
displayedInPublicSpace true ⓘ
genre figurative sculpture ⓘ
public art ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasMedium sculpture ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage English ⓘ
inception 2011 ⓘ
isPartOf Birmingham public art collection ⓘ
locatedIn Birmingham NERFINISHED ⓘ
England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
material bronze ⓘ
movement contemporary art ⓘ
notableFor portrayal of a non-nuclear family ⓘ
situating contemporary family life in civic space ⓘ
publicEngagement community consultation ⓘ
purpose to celebrate contemporary family structures ⓘ
to reflect the diversity of modern urban life in Birmingham ⓘ
selectionProcess open call for Birmingham families ⓘ
public nomination ⓘ
subject contemporary family life ⓘ
non-traditional family ⓘ
single-parent family ⓘ
theme family diversity ⓘ
social identity ⓘ
urban life ⓘ
unveiledIn 2014 ⓘ
yearOfCompletion 2014 ⓘ

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Gillian Wearing → notableWork → A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork that situates contemporary family life in civic space) ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork engaging with local community)
Gillian Wearing → notableWork → A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork that situates contemporary family life in civic space) ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork that blurs boundaries between art and social documentation)
Gillian Wearing → notableWork → A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork that situates contemporary family life in civic space) ⓘ