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 NERFINISHED
Ikon Gallery NERFINISHED
country United Kingdom
creator Gillian Wearing NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Centenary Square, Birmingham NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
subject everyday life
family
multiculturalism
social diversity
theme changing family structures
representation of real local residents
urban identity

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