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Brisbane: NOW

You might know Queensland’s capital as Meanjin, the River City or the home of the noble bin chicken. Brisbane’s contemporary artists, accordingly, depict our city in all its complexities; below, works from the Collection since the 1960s represent many Brisbanes.
 

Detail view of a textile work with plants and the Brisbane river embroidered onto it

Carol Mcgregor / Wathaurung people / Australia QLD b.1961 / Skin Country (detail) 2018 / Ochre, charcoal, wax thread and pyroincision on Eastern grey possum skins / Purchased 2020 with funds from Constantine Carides and Elene Carides in memory of their parents Kiryacos and Mary Carides through the QAGOMA Foundation / © Carol McGregor

 

Artwork Suburb with storm approaching this artwork made of Watercolour and gouache on buff wove paper, created in 1960-01-01

Suburb with storm approaching c.1960s
Artwork Inner city drama this artwork made of Watercolour and gouache on buff wove paper, created in 1960-01-01

Inner city drama c.1960s
Artwork Palms, Anzac Square this artwork made of Oil on canvas, created in 1961-01-01

Palms, Anzac Square 1961
Artwork Dry dock, South Brisbane this artwork made of Oil on cheesecloth on board, created in 1962-01-01

Dry dock, South Brisbane 1962
Artwork Law Courts, Brisbane this artwork made of Ink and watercolour on paper, created in 1966-01-01

Law Courts, Brisbane 1966
Artwork Treasury Building, Brisbane this artwork made of Black-and-white digital print on paper, created in 1967-01-01

Treasury Building, Brisbane 1967, printed 2013
Artwork Gravel deliveries, South Brisbane this artwork made of Black-and-white digital print on paper, created in 1967-01-01

Gravel deliveries, South Brisbane 1967, printed 2013
Artwork Curtain raiser, Bellevue precinct, Brisbane this artwork made of Black-and-white digital print on paper, created in 1968-01-01

Curtain raiser, Bellevue precinct, Brisbane 1968, printed 2013
Artwork Sideburn scramble this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1971-01-01

Sideburn scramble 1971
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Buy guns 1980, printed 1983
Artwork Wall hanging: Spring Hill this artwork made of Appliqué with commercially printed (Marrimekko) cottons, created in 1982-01-01

Wall hanging: Spring Hill 1982
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Stanley Street 1980, printed 1983
Artwork Interior, Cloudland Ballroom, Bowen Hills this artwork made of Black-and-white digital print on paper, created in 1982-01-01

Interior, Cloudland Ballroom, Bowen Hills 1982, printed 2013
Artwork Queensland Art Gallery Watermall this artwork made of Black-and-white digital print on paper, created in 1982-01-01

Queensland Art Gallery Watermall 1982, printed 2013
Artwork Large bird, Brisbane (from 'Journeys north' portfolio) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1986-01-01

Large bird, Brisbane (from 'Journeys north' portfolio) 1986
Artwork The Big Pineapple, near Nambour (from 'Journeys north' portfolio) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1986-01-01

The Big Pineapple, near Nambour (from 'Journeys north' portfolio) 1986
Artwork Colin Wheeler, ferry launch master, Brisbane (from 'Journeys north' portfolio) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1986-01-01

Colin Wheeler, ferry launch master, Brisbane (from 'Journeys north' portfolio) 1986-87
Artwork Malcolm Enright, designer, Brisbane (from 'Journeys north' portfolio) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1986-01-01

Malcolm Enright, designer, Brisbane (from 'Journeys north' portfolio) 1986-87
Artwork The lithographic studio (Griffith University) this artwork made of Watercolour pigment paint on carved woodblock, created in 1986-01-01

The lithographic studio (Griffith University) 1986
Artwork Good Friday 1987, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane - Gerard and his girlfriend hung out his washing (from 'Journeys north' portfolio) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1987-01-01

Good Friday 1987, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane - Gerard and his girlfriend hung out his washing (from 'Journeys north' portfolio) 1987
Artwork Expo 88 forest this artwork made of Black-and-white digital print on paper, created in 1988-01-01

Expo 88 forest 1988, printed 2013
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Kurilpa: Place of the water rat 1988
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

White dreaming with a black conscience (from 'A Rake's Progress' series) 1989-90
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Still searching for a gallery... (from 'A Rake's Progress' series) 1989-90
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Into the abyss (from 'A Rake's Progress' series) 1989-90
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Expo Picture #12 1990
Artwork Interior, Boggo Road Gaol this artwork made of Black-and-white digital print on paper, created in 1992-01-01

Interior, Boggo Road Gaol 1992, printed 2013
Artwork Portrait of Eddie Mabo (After Mike Kelley's "Booth's Puddle" 1985, from Plato's Cave, Rothko's Chapel, Lincoln's Profile) No2 this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, created in 1996-01-01

Portrait of Eddie Mabo (After Mike Kelley's "Booth's Puddle" 1985, from Plato's Cave, Rothko's Chapel, Lincoln's Profile) No2 1996
Artwork The function this artwork made of Oil on canvas, created in 1996-01-01

The function 1996
Artwork Nine Dragon Wall (Drawing for Dragon or Rainbow Serpent: A Myth Glorified or Feared: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 28) this artwork made of Spent gunpowder and Indian ink on Japanese paper, created in 1996-01-01

Nine Dragon Wall (Drawing for Dragon or Rainbow Serpent: A Myth Glorified or Feared: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 28) 1996
Artwork Walking through the mirror this artwork made of Mini DV: 1:52 minutes, colour, stereo, created in 2002-01-01

Walking through the mirror 2002
Artwork Journey of a yellow man no. 13: Fragmented bodies/shifting ground this artwork made of Videotape: 10:30 minutes, colour, stereo, created in 1999-01-01

Journey of a yellow man no. 13: Fragmented bodies/shifting ground 1999
Artwork Urinal (Fortitude Valley) this artwork made of Type C photograph on paper, created in 2001-01-01

Urinal (Fortitude Valley) 2001, printed 2002
Artwork Vegetable curry/Brisbane, Australia (from 'Vegetable weapon' series) this artwork made of Type C photograph on paper, created in 2005-01-01

Vegetable curry/Brisbane, Australia (from 'Vegetable weapon' series) 2005
Artwork Vegetable vindaloo/Brisbane, Australia (from 'Vegetable weapon' series) this artwork made of Type C photograph on paper, created in 2005-01-01

Vegetable vindaloo/Brisbane, Australia (from 'Vegetable weapon' series) 2005
Artwork Afternoon storm, Brisbane this artwork made of Oil on canvas, created in 2005-01-01

Afternoon storm, Brisbane 2005
Artwork Defy this artwork made of Oil on linen, created in 2010-01-01

Defy 2010
Artwork Portrait of Sue Treweek with a view of Wolston Park this artwork made of Oil on canvas, created in 2013-01-01

Portrait of Sue Treweek with a view of Wolston Park 2013
Artwork Passing the River at Woogaroo Reach this artwork made of Oil on canvas, created in 2015-01-01

Passing the River at Woogaroo Reach 2015
Artwork bloom this artwork made of Pigment, pastel and synthetic polymer paint on canvas, created in 2009-01-01

bloom 2009
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Rocklea, QLD (Couple) (from 'After the flood' series) 2011
Artwork Anne Wallace this artwork made of Colour digital print on paper, created in 2004-01-01

Anne Wallace 2004, printed 2013
Artwork Whynot St, West End this artwork made of Oil on plywood, created in 2014-01-01

Whynot St, West End 2014
Artwork Meriton Building, Brisbane this artwork made of Oil on plywood, created in 2014-01-01

Meriton Building, Brisbane 2014
Artwork Brisbane: My Home 1956-1979 this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, created in 2014-01-01

Brisbane: My Home 1956-1979 2014
Artwork Skin Country this artwork made of Ochre, charcoal, wax thread and pyroincision on Eastern grey possum skins, created in 2018-01-01

Skin Country 2018

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An oil painting of a landscape with a winding river
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Brisbane: THEN

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A detail view of an oil painting depicting Brisbane city in the 1930s.
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A black-and-white photo of a timber house, in front of which a person hangs washing on a Hill's Hoist-style washing line
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SUBURBIA: A reorganised forest

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An oil painting of a landscape with a winding river
BRISBANE IN PICTURES

Brisbane: THEN

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Detail view of a textile work with plants and the Brisbane river embroidered onto it
BRISBANE IN PICTURES

Brisbane: NOW

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A black-and-white photograph of a bridge mid-construction
BRISBANE IN PICTURES

RIVER CITY: Bridges of Brisbane

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A black-and-white photo of a timber house, in front of which a person hangs washing on a Hill's Hoist-style washing line
BRISBANE IN PICTURES

SUBURBIA: A reorganised forest

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A detail view of an oil painting depicting Brisbane city in the 1930s.
BRISBANE IN PICTURES

STORIES: Streets of your town

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