The J. F. Kennedy Memorial, a mosaic mural to John F. Kennedy, by Kenneth Budd on Floodgate Street, Digbeth, Eastside, Birmingham, West Midlands.
«The mosaic was erected on St Chad's Circus, outside the City's Roman Catholic St Chad's Cathedral, in July 1968, at a cost of £5,000. When the road system was redeveloped in 2007 the mosaic was demolished. Key features, including the heads of some of the main figures, were retrieved and retained by Kenneth Budd's son Oliver.
In 2012 it was re-created using new materials. The new mosaic was erected in January 2013, in the city's Irish Quarter, on Floodgate Street in Digbeth, in reworked form, including the controversial addition of a new face, that of former Lord Mayor of Birmingham Mike Nangle, the city's first Irish Lord Mayor. The work was overseen by Budd's son, Oliver, who worked from his father's original drawings. The retained sections were not used as the colours had faded and would not match the new Smalti mosiac tiles. A formal unveiling took place on 23 February 2013.
Featured alongside Kennedy in the mosaic are his brother Teddy, the Seal of the President of the United States (using real gold), Martin Luther King, American policemen and other figures.» (Ben Abel on flickr, 2017)
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- 2024-04-15 22:46:40 / Albert Wider, Grabrelief, um 1985, Friedhof (Grab Albert Wider), Widnau SG, Schweiz
- 2024-04-15 22:43:00 / Albert Wider, Entstehung der Dorfgemeinschaft Widnau: Buura. Dr Krottli. Dr Schollagraber und d'Wappa. Volksf[…], 1980, Zentrum Augiessen, Augiessenstrasse 19, Widnau SG, Schweiz
- 2024-04-15 22:39:28 / Zentrum Augiessen, Augiessenstrasse 19, Widnau SG, Schweiz
- 2024-04-15 22:36:00 / Albert Wider, Christkönig (Majestas Domini) mit den Sinnbildern der vier Evangelisten, 1938–1941/1942, Pfarrkirche St. Joseph, Widnau SG, Schweiz
- 2024-04-15 22:32:58 / Albert Wider, Auferstehung, 1968, Kirche St. Josef, Dietikon ZH, Schweiz
- 2024-04-15 22:31:21 / Eugen Senn
- 2024-04-15 22:31:12 / Julius Senn
- 2024-04-15 22:30:54 / Eugen Senn, Julius Senn, Kirche St. Josef, 1967–68, Urdorferstrasse 42, Dietikon ZH, Schweiz
- 2024-04-15 22:24:30 / Albert Wider, Anbetung des Jesuskindes auf dem Schoss der Muttergottes durch drei Afrikaner, 1948, Generalprokura der Weissen Väter (Kapelle Unsere Liebe Frau von Afrika / Kapelle der Afrikamissionare), Rom
- 2024-04-15 22:20:41 / Albert Wider, Afrika-Madonna, 1958, Mwanza, Tansania
- 2024-04-15 22:18:28 / Albert Wider, Hagiographische Gesamtschau aller 22 ugandischen Märtyrer, um 1964
- 2024-04-15 22:15:24 / Albert Wider, Aeskulap im Kampft gegen die Pestilenz, 1963–66, Kantonsspital, Altstätten SG, Schweiz
- 2024-04-15 22:12:53 / Albert Wider, Jäger und Wild, 1942, Röschstrasse 3 (Cheminée), St. Gallen-St. Fiden, Schweiz
- 2024-04-15 21:30:53 / Albert Wider, Terror. Kapital. Hunger. Krieg, 1978–79, Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche, Zürich, Schweiz
- 2024-04-15 21:26:02 / Dezsö Ercsi
- 2024-04-15 21:25:37 / Dezsö Ercsi, 2. Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche, 1977–79, Saumackerstrasse 83, Zürich, Schweiz
- 2024-04-15 21:21:23 / Albert Wider, Terror, 1974
- 2024-04-15 20:41:30 / Albert Wider, Erlösung: Taufe Jesu am Jordan und Lamm Gottes. Paar in Eintracht. Erlöste unter Feuerzungen, 1978–79, Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche, Zürich-Altstetten, Schweiz
- 2024-04-15 20:39:05 / Albert Wider, Auferstehung, 1977, Pfarrkirche St. Valentin, Rüthi SG, Schweiz
- 2024-04-15 20:37:18 / Albert Wider, Papst Johannes XXIII. Roncalli beruft 1959 das Konzil ein (Zweites Vatikanisches Konzil), 1962[…], 1965–66, Pfarrkirche Maria Königin des Friedens, Altstätten-Lüchingen SG, Schweiz
- 2024-04-15 20:32:37 / Albert Wider, Heiliger Aegidius, 1954, Kapelle St. Judas Thaddäus, Diepoldsau SG, Schweiz
- 2024-04-15 20:31:23 / Albert Wider, Der rechte Schächer [Amen dico tibi: hodie mecum eris in paradiso], 1958–59, Wallfahrtskirche Maria Heimsuchung (Beichtraum), Ziteil GR, Schweiz
- 2024-04-15 20:29:13 / Albert Wider, Rosenkranz: Der dich o Maria im Himmel krönte, 1958, Altersheim Augiessen, Augiessenstrasse 19, Widnau SG, Schweiz
- 2024-04-15 20:27:17 / Albert Wider, Geschichte der Medizin: Isis mit dem Falken des Gottes Osiris, ihres Gemahls. Achilles verbinde[…], 1955, Ärztehaus (ehemals Liegenschaft August Strassmann-Sieber; Treppenhaus), Technikumstrasse, Buchs SG, Schweiz
- 2024-04-15 20:24:01 / Albert Wider, Freudenreicher Rosenkranz: Den du, o Jungfrau, vom Heiligen Geist empfangen hast (Verkündigung[…], 1956–59, Pfarrkirche St. Fidelis, Landquart GR, Schweiz