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 / 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
Inner city drama c.1960s
- ROGGENKAMP, Joy - Creator
Palms, Anzac Square 1961
- QUELHURST, Betty - Creator
Law Courts, Brisbane 1966
- OLLEY, Margaret - Creator
Sideburn scramble 1971
- O'MALLEY, Glen - Creator
Buy guns 1980, printed 1983
- RICHARDS, Michael - Creator
Wall hanging: Spring Hill 1982
- WILSON, Pam - Creator
Expo Picture #12 1990
- HERBERTE, Sandy - Creator
The function 1996
- MacFARLANE, Stewart - Creator
Walking through the mirror 2002
- SONG Dong - Creator
Defy 2010
- HOOKEY, Gordon - Creator
bloom 2009
- WATSON, Judy - Creator
Whynot St, West End 2014
- McKENNA, Noel - Creator
Meriton Building, Brisbane 2014
- McKENNA, Noel - Creator
Skin Country 2018
- McGREGOR, Carol - Creator