A Real Birmingham Family - Revision history

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	[[File:Real_Birmingham_Family_statue_-_Library_of_Birmingham_(15119604114).jpg\|thumb\|A Real Birmingham Family, 2014.]]		[[File:Real_Birmingham_Family_statue_-_Library_of_Birmingham_(15119604114).jpg\|thumb\|A Real Birmingham Family, 2014.]]
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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>		'''''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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−	[[File:~~A_real_birmingham_family_post_redevelopment~~.jpg\|thumb\|A Real Birmingham Family, ~~2019~~.]]	+	[[File:Real_Birmingham_Family_statue_-_Library_of_Birmingham_(15119604114).jpg\|thumb\|A Real Birmingham Family, 2014.]]

	'''''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>		'''''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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−	[[File:A_real_birmingham_family_post_redevelopment.jpg\|thumb\|A Real Birmingham Family in 2019.]]	+	[[File:A_real_birmingham_family_post_redevelopment.jpg\|thumb\|A Real Birmingham Family, 2019.]]

	'''''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>		'''''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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 In early 2019 the statue was returned to the newly redeveloped site.<ref>https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/centenary-squares-controversial-family-statue-16167047</ref>  As of November 2024 the statue is still on display.<ref>https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g186402-d21284978-Reviews-A_Real_Birmingham_Family_Statue-Birmingham_West_Midlands_England.html</ref><ref>https://archive.is/nsnxH</ref>
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 The statue went into storage in May 2017, ostensibly to allow work for the redevelopment of Centenary Square to begin.<ref>http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/controversial-family-statue-removed-centenary-13266612</ref>
-In early 2019 the statue was returned to the newly redeveloped site.<ref>https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/centenary-squares-controversial-family-statue-16167047</ref>  As of December 2022 the statue is apparently still on display.
+In early 2019 the statue was returned to the newly redeveloped site.<ref>https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/centenary-squares-controversial-family-statue-16167047</ref>  As of November 2024 the statue is still on display.<ref>https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g186402-d21284978-Reviews-A_Real_Birmingham_Family_Statue-Birmingham_West_Midlands_England.html</ref><ref>https://archive.is/nsnxH</ref>
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 It depicts two local sisters, each a single mother, with their two children.  One of the mothers is depicted as pregnant with a second son who was born before the sculpture was unveiled.<ref>http://birminghamnewsroom.com/2014/10/a-real-birmingham-family/</ref>   The people depicted are Roma and Emma Jones with their sons Kyle and Shaye respectively.  Emma was pregnant with Issac at the time.
-The lack of any adult males in A Real Birmingham Family was noted by [[MRA]]s and others soon after the unveiling.
+The lack of any men in A Real Birmingham Family was noted by [[MRA]]s and others soon after the unveiling.
 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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 [[File:A_real_birmingham_family_post_redevelopment.jpg|thumb|A Real Birmingham Family in 2019.]]
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 In early 2019 the statue was returned to the newly redeveloped site.<ref>https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/centenary-squares-controversial-family-statue-16167047</ref>
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