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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| A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork that reflects Birmingham’s multicultural population) canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork that reflects Birmingham’s multicultural population) Context triple: [Gillian Wearing, notableWork, A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork that reflects Birmingham’s multicultural population)]
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City Life (mural)
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Queensbridge Houses
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Jersey Homesteads mural
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Banksy’s Mild Mild West mural
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Ford Madox Brown mural cycle
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork that reflects Birmingham’s multicultural population) Target entity description: 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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A.
City Life (mural)
City Life is a prominent 1934 fresco mural in San Francisco’s Coit Tower that vividly depicts urban scenes and social life during the Great Depression.
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B.
Queensbridge Houses
Queensbridge Houses is a large public housing complex in Queens, New York City, known as one of the biggest such developments in North America and for its significant cultural and hip-hop legacy.
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C.
Jersey Homesteads mural
The Jersey Homesteads mural is a large-scale New Deal–era artwork by Ben Shahn that depicts the struggles and aspirations of Jewish immigrant garment workers and the founding of the Jersey Homesteads cooperative community.
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D.
Banksy’s Mild Mild West mural
Banksy’s Mild Mild West mural is a famous street art piece depicting a teddy bear throwing a Molotov cocktail at riot police, widely regarded as one of the artist’s iconic early works in Bristol.
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E.
Ford Madox Brown mural cycle
The Ford Madox Brown mural cycle is a series of large-scale Victorian-era wall paintings in Manchester Town Hall depicting key episodes in the history and development of Manchester.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bronze sculpture
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public artwork ⓘ public sculpture ⓘ |
| basedOn | a real Birmingham family selected through an open call ⓘ |
| collection | public art collection of Birmingham ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Birmingham City Council
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ikon Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Gillian Wearing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
a single-parent family structure
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an everyday local family ⓘ members of the Jones family from Birmingham ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary art
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public art ⓘ |
| hasArtisticIntention |
to invite public debate about family and identity
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to mirror the city’s demographic reality ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
21st-century Britain
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post-industrial Birmingham ⓘ |
| hasDimension | life-size figures ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | none ⓘ |
| hasPart |
two adult women figures
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two young children figures ⓘ |
| hasPublicAccess | true ⓘ |
| hasSignificance | discussion of what constitutes a ‘real’ family ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| inception | 2014 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Birmingham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Centenary Square, Birmingham NERFINISHED ⓘ England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ public space ⓘ |
| materialUsed | bronze ⓘ |
| movement | conceptual art ⓘ |
| notableFor |
portraying a non-nuclear family
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reflecting Birmingham’s multicultural population ⓘ |
| partOf | public realm artworks in Birmingham city centre ⓘ |
| productionMethod | cast sculpture ⓘ |
| purpose |
to celebrate Birmingham’s diverse community
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to challenge traditional notions of family ⓘ |
| sitedNear | Library of Birmingham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
everyday life
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family ⓘ multiculturalism ⓘ social diversity ⓘ |
| theme |
changing family structures
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representation of real local residents ⓘ urban identity ⓘ |
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Subject: A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork that reflects Birmingham’s multicultural population) Description of subject: 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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