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.
![Carol Mcgregor / Wathaurung people / Australia QLD b.1961 / Skin Country (detail) 2018 / Ochre, charcoal, wax thread and pyroincision on Eastern grey possum skins / 266 x 282cm (irreg.) / Purchased 2020 with funds from Constantine Carides and Elene Carides in memory of their parents Kiryacos and Mary Carides through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Accession No: 2020.333 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Carol McGregor Detail view of a textile work with plants and the Brisbane river embroidered onto it](/index.php/system/files/styles/wide/private/2024-05/2020.333_003_detail_AM.jpg?itok=DxtDOTGs)
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
![Joy Roggenkamp Estate Artwork Inner city drama this artwork made of Watercolour and gouache on buff wove paper, created in 1960-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2013.073_001.jpg?itok=ZLXQZLEF)
Inner city drama c.1960s
- ROGGENKAMP, Joy - Creator
![© Betty Quelhurst Artwork Palms, Anzac Square this artwork made of Oil on canvas, created in 1961-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1996.147_001_4.jpg?itok=XYMYRU1k)
Palms, Anzac Square 1961
- QUELHURST, Betty - Creator
![Margaret Olley Art Trust Artwork Law Courts, Brisbane this artwork made of Ink and watercolour on paper, created in 1966-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2019.019_001.jpg?itok=_rOwMlIs)
Law Courts, Brisbane 1966
- OLLEY, Margaret - Creator
![© Glen O'Malley/Copyright Agency Artwork Sideburn scramble this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1971-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1991.144_001_4.jpg?itok=Z6U77IQ1)
Sideburn scramble 1971
- O'MALLEY, Glen - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
Buy guns 1980, printed 1983
- RICHARDS, Michael - Creator
![© QAGOMA Artwork Wall hanging: Spring Hill this artwork made of Appliqué with commercially printed (Marrimekko) cottons, created in 1982-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/4-0884.002_001_4.jpg?itok=GF8NCDEZ)
Wall hanging: Spring Hill 1982
- WILSON, Pam - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
Expo Picture #12 1990
- HERBERTE, Sandy - Creator
![Stewart MacFarlane Artwork The function this artwork made of Oil on canvas, created in 1996-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1996.304_001.jpg?itok=S3VHhtDQ)
The function 1996
- MacFARLANE, Stewart - Creator
![The artist Artwork Walking through the mirror this artwork made of Mini DV: 1:52 minutes, colour, stereo, created in 2002-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2003.091_001_still_4.jpg?itok=Uh819mGh)
Walking through the mirror 2002
- SONG Dong - Creator
![Gordon Hookey/Copyright Agency Artwork Defy this artwork made of Oil on linen, created in 2010-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2012.008a-b_001_composite_4.jpg?itok=4lzgZb2k)
Defy 2010
- HOOKEY, Gordon - Creator
![Artwork bloom this artwork made of Pigment, pastel and synthetic polymer paint on canvas, created in 2009-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2011.003_001_AMW_0.jpg?itok=vxqzHroX)
bloom 2009
- WATSON, Judy - Creator
![Noel McKenna/Copyright Agency Artwork Whynot St, West End this artwork made of Oil on plywood, created in 2014-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2014.337_001_0.jpg?itok=J-0LgfV2)
Whynot St, West End 2014
- McKENNA, Noel - Creator
![Noel McKenna/Copyright Agency Artwork Meriton Building, Brisbane this artwork made of Oil on plywood, created in 2014-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2014.336_001.jpg?itok=YP1sRVvg)
Meriton Building, Brisbane 2014
- McKENNA, Noel - Creator
![Carol McGregor Artwork Skin Country this artwork made of Ochre, charcoal, wax thread and pyroincision on Eastern grey possum skins, created in 2018-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2020.333_001_3.jpg?itok=TqdRA5bY)
Skin Country 2018
- McGREGOR, Carol - Creator