Gillian Wearing: A Real Birmingham Family

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Atrium, corner of West Terrace and North Walk, near Peacocks, The Pallasades Shopping Centre, 68A East Mews, Birmingham B2 4XJ Ikon presents a major new project by Birmingham-born artist Gillian Wearing; a quest to find, and immortalise in bronze, the ‘real' Birmingham family. The project begins in Spring 2011 with an exhibition in The Pallasades Shopping Centre. Visitors can nominate themselves to represent how the twenty-first century family might be symbolised in the city. After short-listing, a panel of judges including prominent Birmingham figures will select a single family. In 2013 a bronze life-size sculpture of the selected family will be produced and permanently sited in Centenary Square, outside the city's new Central Library. Join us at The Pallasades to learn more about this unique project, nominate your family and have your photograph taken on a replica plinth.You can also nominate your family online, please see website nearer the time. The Pallasades is situated in the city centre, above Birmingham New Street Station, for directions visit: