A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork that demonstrates Wearing’s collaborative approach with participants)
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A Real Birmingham Family is a public sculpture by British artist Gillian Wearing that portrays an everyday local family to explore contemporary ideas of family, identity, and community.
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| A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork that demonstrates Wearing’s collaborative approach with participants) canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork that demonstrates Wearing’s collaborative approach with participants) Context triple: [Gillian Wearing, notableWork, A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork that demonstrates Wearing’s collaborative approach with participants)]
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Freedom Walk sculptures
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Hors les Murs public art program
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Ford Madox Brown mural cycle
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Target entity: A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork that demonstrates Wearing’s collaborative approach with participants) Target entity description: A Real Birmingham Family is a public sculpture by British artist Gillian Wearing that portrays an everyday local family to explore contemporary ideas of family, identity, and community.
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A.
People’s Living Lab
People’s Living Lab is the core theme of Expo 2025, envisioning the world’s fair as a large-scale experimental space where people, technologies, and ideas interact to co-create solutions for future society.
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B.
Upshur Street Art and Craft events
Upshur Street Art and Craft events are community-focused markets in Petworth that showcase local artists, makers, and handmade goods along Upshur Street.
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C.
Freedom Walk sculptures
The Freedom Walk sculptures are a series of public artworks in Birmingham, Alabama, that commemorate the civil rights movement and the struggles for racial equality.
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D.
Hors les Murs public art program
Hors les Murs public art program is an outdoor exhibition initiative of the FIAC contemporary art fair that presents large-scale artworks in public spaces across Paris.
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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.
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Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bronze sculpture
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public artwork ⓘ public sculpture ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Birmingham City Council
NERFINISHED
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Birmingham-born public art initiative ⓘ Ikon Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Gillian Wearing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
an everyday local family
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contemporary family life ⓘ two adult women and their children ⓘ |
| displayType | outdoor sculpture ⓘ |
| genre |
figurative sculpture
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public art ⓘ |
| hasTitle | A Real Birmingham Family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| inception | 2014 ⓘ |
| language | visual art ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Birmingham
NERFINISHED
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England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| material | bronze ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| notableFor |
its collaborative selection process
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portraying an everyday local family instead of historical figures ⓘ reflecting the diversity of modern families ⓘ |
| partOf | Gillian Wearing’s public art practice ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| purpose |
to challenge traditional notions of the nuclear family
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to explore community ⓘ to explore contemporary ideas of family ⓘ to explore identity ⓘ |
| theme |
community
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contemporary family structures ⓘ family ⓘ identity ⓘ representation of ordinary people ⓘ social inclusion ⓘ |
| unveiledIn | 2014 ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
collaborative process with participants
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open call to local families ⓘ |
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Subject: A Real Birmingham Family (public artwork that demonstrates Wearing’s collaborative approach with participants) Description of subject: A Real Birmingham Family is a public sculpture by British artist Gillian Wearing that portrays an everyday local family to explore contemporary ideas of family, identity, and community.
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