Family Group - Vox pop CMK
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Norfolk12
N 52° 02.588 W 000° 45.411
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a Modern family group
Waymark Code: WM33NC
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/04/2008
Views: 60
John Clinch has been creating publicly sited sculptural works since the 1960s.
His group of larger than life figures was specially commissioned for Queen's Square.
'Vox pop', the description of an interview with members of the public for TV or radio,
is a shortened form of 'vox populi' a Latin phrase meaning the voice of the people
or public opinion. Clinch's work celebrates ordinary members of the public rather than
the rich and famous. His multi-racial 'family' walk a dog, cycle and push a baby buggy
following a circular path, encouraging visitors to walk round them and examine the detail
of the sculpture. Orginally intended to be placed on a plinth with a bronze Union Jack
flying in the centre, the sculpture was altered, omitting the flag because of its nationalist
associations, and lowered to bring the figures down to the level of visiting shoppers.
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: vox pop
Figure Type: Combination of two figure types
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: John Clinch
Materials used: Bronze
Location: Queens Square -Central Milton Keynes Shopping Mall
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: Not listed
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