STORIES: Streets of your town

Stories of Brisbane art and life

Every day I make my way
Through the streets of your town
— The Go Betweens

As part of ‘Brisbane in Pictures’, this feature draws together stories from the Collection about Brisbane: its artists and communities; its landscapes and architecture; its histories and its futures.

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

William Bustard / England/Australia QLD 1894–1973 / Brisbane townscape 1928 / Oil on board / 30.7 x 39.4cm / Purchased 2018 with funds from Alan and Jan Rees through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: QAGOMA / © William Bustard Estate

An installation view of a work of public art photographed on a sunny day; it takes the form of a large fishing net, cast in bronze, and it is set in front of GOMA, near the grass. It casts a net-like shadow on the concrete.

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Judy Watson’s tow row

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Brisbane panorama

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The cover of a magazine called The Queenslander depicts a large jacaranda tree in bloom.

UNDER THE JACARANDA

Brisbane’s first jacaranda

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An oil painting of a ship passing through waters devastated by a volcanic eruption.

ISAAC WALTER JENNER

Jenner’s journey to Brisbane

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Bustard's Brisbane lightscapes

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Michael Parekowhai: The World Turns

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Vida Lahey: Morning light, Brisbane River

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Cai Guo-Qiang: Dragon or Rainbow Serpent

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Margaret Cilento: House at Annerley Junction

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Blackman: Barnes Auto, Brisbane and City Lights

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A black and white photograph depicts a garden with a large jacaranda tree and palms.

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Under the jacaranda

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A man painted yellow, from head to toe, walks the streets of Brisbane, carrying a heart.

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Lee Wen: Journey of a yellow man

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A detail view of an oil painting of the Brisbane cityscape as it was in the 1930s; sandstone-coloured buildings are seen under a blue sky.

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Lancaster’s corner of Brisbane

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Angry Penguins in a Brisbane bedroom

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A detail view of an ice sculpture, with a snowman's smiling face.

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Fischli & Weiss’s frosty Snowman

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Ian Fairweather’s late works

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Anne Wallace: Passing the River at Woogaroo Reach

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Penny Sharpe: (Boats on the Brisbane River)

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Watercolour in Queensland 1850s–1980s

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A craftsman wearing protective gear works on a fishing net cast in bronze.

TOW ROW

The making of tow row

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Martin Boyce: We are shipwrecked and landlocked

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A photograph of a bald man in glasses, a black sweater and dark jeans sitting and looking away, as if in thought.

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VALE: Remembering MacPherson

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An oil painting of a landscape with a winding river

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Brisbane: THEN

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

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Brisbane: NOW

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A black-and-white photograph of a bridge mid-construction

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RIVER CITY: Bridges of Brisbane

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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

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SUBURBIA: A reorganised forest

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