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'''''A Real Birmingham Family''''' is a [[public art]]work and sculpture by [[Gillian Wearing]], cast in [[Bronze sculpture|bronze]], and erected in [[Centenary Square]], outside the [[Library of Birmingham]], England, on 30 October 2014.<ref name="Tyler">{{cite web|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/library-birmingham-statue-unveiling-two-8024136|title=Library of Birmingham statue unveiling: Two mums immortalised in 'ordinary' family sculpture|last=Tyler|first=Jane|date=2014-10-30|work=[[Birmingham Mail]]|accessdate=3 November 2014}}</ref>
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'''''A Real Birmingham Family''''' is a public artwork and sculpture by Gillian Wearing, cast in bronze, and erected in Centenary Square, outside the Library of Birmingham, England, on 30 October 2014.<ref>http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/library-birmingham-statue-unveiling-two-8024136</ref>
   
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It depicts two local sisters, each single mothers called Roma and Emma Jones, with their two children; Roma's son Kyan and Emma's son Shaye. Emma is depicted as pregnant with a second son, Isaac, who was born before the sculpture was unveiled.<ref name="Tyler" /><ref name="K.">{{cite web|url=http://birminghamnewsroom.com/2014/10/a-real-birmingham-family/|title=A Real Birmingham Family|last=K.|first=Sarah|date=2014-10-30|publisher=[[Birmingham City Council]]|accessdate=3 November 2014}}</ref> A small plaque laid on the ground in front of the work describes it.
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It depicts two local sisters, each single mothers called Roma and Emma Jones, with their two children; Roma's son Kyan and Emma's son Shaye. Emma is depicted as pregnant with a second son, Isaac, who was born before the sculpture was unveiled.<ref>http://birminghamnewsroom.com/2014/10/a-real-birmingham-family/</ref> A small plaque laid on the ground in front of the work describes it.
   
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In a process begun in 2011, and coordinated by the city's [[Ikon Gallery]], nominations for a "real" local family to model for the sculpture were invited. The Joneses were selected from a shortlist, by an independent panel, in August 2013.<ref name="K." /><ref name="Authi">{{cite web|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/meet-joneses---real-birmingham-5794999|title=Meet the Joneses - the real Birmingham family of two single mums and sons chosen for library statue|last=Authi|first=Jasbir|date=2013-08-28|work=[[Birmingham Mail]]|accessdate=3 November 2014}}</ref>
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In a process begun in 2011, and coordinated by the city's Ikon Gallery, nominations for a ''real'' local family to model for the sculpture were invited. The Jones' were selected from a shortlist, by an independent panel, in August 2013.<ref>http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/meet-joneses---real-birmingham-5794999</ref>
   
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Wearing said:<ref name="ARBF-Jones">{{cite web|url=http://arealbirminghamfamily.com/sign-in?ReturnUrl=%2f#jones|title=A Real Birmingham Family|accessdate=3 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103205450/http://arealbirminghamfamily.com/sign-in?ReturnUrl=%2f#jones|archive-date=3 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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Wearing said:<ref>http://arealbirminghamfamily.com/sign-in?ReturnUrl=%2f#jones</ref>
 
{{Quote|''I really liked how Roma and Emma Jones spoke of their closeness as sisters and how they supported each other. It seemed a very strong bond, one of friendship and family, and the sculpture puts across that connectedness between them. A nuclear family is one reality but it is one of many and this work celebrates the idea that what constitutes a family should not be fixed.''}}
  
{{Quote|''I really liked how Roma and Emma Jones spoke of their closeness as sisters and how they supported each other. It seemed a very strong bond, one of friendship and family, and the sculpture puts across that connectedness between them. A nuclear family is one reality but it is one of many and this work celebrates the idea that what constitutes a family should not be fixed.''}}
   

Revision as of 04:49, 1 January 2022

A Real Birmingham Family is a public artwork and sculpture by Gillian Wearing, cast in bronze, and erected in Centenary Square, outside the Library of Birmingham, England, on 30 October 2014.[1]

It depicts two local sisters, each single mothers called Roma and Emma Jones, with their two children; Roma's son Kyan and Emma's son Shaye. Emma is depicted as pregnant with a second son, Isaac, who was born before the sculpture was unveiled.[2] A small plaque laid on the ground in front of the work describes it.

In a process begun in 2011, and coordinated by the city's Ikon Gallery, nominations for a real local family to model for the sculpture were invited. The Jones' were selected from a shortlist, by an independent panel, in August 2013.[3]

Wearing said:[4] Template:Quote

The £100,000 cost of the work was covered by a combination of public money and private donations.[5] The casting was carried out in China.[5] The project follows Wearing's 2008 work, A Typical Trentino Family.[6]

In November 2014 shortly after being unveiled, New Fathers 4 Justice activist Bobby Smith covered the statue with a white sheet and pictures of his two daughters. Smith commented, "They’ve depicted the normal family with no fathers... I believe kids are always better off with both parents in their lives."[7][8]

The statue went into storage in May 2017, to allow work for the redevelopment of Centenary Square to begin.[9]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Real_Birmingham_Family

  1. ↑ http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/library-birmingham-statue-unveiling-two-8024136
  2. ↑ http://birminghamnewsroom.com/2014/10/a-real-birmingham-family/
  3. ↑ http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/meet-joneses---real-birmingham-5794999
  4. ↑ http://arealbirminghamfamily.com/sign-in?ReturnUrl=%2f#jones
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Tyler
  6. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named K.
  7. ↑ Template:Cite web
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