Controversial statue

‘A Real Birmingham Family (2014)’ is a statue by Gillian Wearing, erected outside the central library in Birmingham’s Centenary Square. It has been quite an opinion-divider.

More info - https://www.ikon-gallery.org/event/a-real-birmingham-family

[FBailey]

V interesting and thought provoking

[Bill Davidson]

Definitely thought provoking.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Yes - definitely food for thought!

[Susan Wakely]

An interesting statue and link. I am sure that many conversation have been had.

[Heather]

Thank you for the link, Lesley. I read it. What a great project! It's good to think outside the box (imo). I like the sculpture, too!

[Corinne C]

Lovely sculpture and capture

[KWind]

Great sculpture!

[Larry Steager]

Nice capture.

[Diana]

A great overall capture and lovely statue. I found the article very interesting too, thanks for the link.

[Suzanne]

Fascinating story with great pic

[Boxplayer]

Interesting piece. Well it's based on an actual real Birmingham family so not sure what the fuss is about 🤣

[Issi Bannerman]

Such a beautiful and interesting sculpture. And it is what is. A sign of the times.

[haskar]

I think boys need male role models, but if they're going to be bad role models, they better not be there. Such couples are a challenge for us and we are afraid of certain consequences. But if love is there, it will probably overcome all difficulties.

[Kathy A]

Great statue. I actually thought it was a gay couple and their children until I read the article

[carol white]

A lovely statue and interesting narrative

[Margaret Brown]

A lovely statue and very close to our families heart

[Beverley]

I like it, thinking out of the box is necessary

[xbm]

When I first saw this I thought they were a gay couple (personally no problem with this). I read the link and saw they were single parents and sisters. Modern life.