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List of public art in Brisbane
This is a list of public art on permanent public display in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
The list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space; it does not include artwork on display inside museums. Public art may include sculptures, statues, monuments, memorials, murals and mosaics.
This list does not include military and war memorials.
List of sculptures
| Name | Image | Location | Artist | Year | Ref |
| Confluenza | Roma Street Parkland | Salvatore Di Mauro and Sebastian Di Mauro | 2013 | ||
| Continuous Division | Roma Street Parkland | Greg Johns | 1988 | ||
| Emporium | Ann Street | 2000s | |||
| The Courier | Charlotte Street | John Coleman | 1999 | ||
| Drift | Charlotte Street | Sebastian Di Mauro | 2004 | ||
| Pride | Charlotte Street/Albert Street | Grant Lehmann | 1999 | ||
| A tree a rock a cloud | Eagle Street | Barbara Heath | 1999 | ||
| Hands | Eagle Street | Sebastian Di Mauro | 2003 | ||
| The Bull | Edward Street | ||||
| Forme del Mito: Forms of Myth | Edward Street/Turbot Street | Arnaldo Pomodoro | 1983 | ||
| Echoes from the North | Edward Street | Augustine Dall'Ava | 2004-5 | ||
| Big Sister | Eagle Street | John Seward Johnson II | |||
| Confluence | George Street | Daniel Templeman | 2004 | ||
| Steam - 15 geodesic spheres | George Street | Donna Marcus | 2006 | ||
| City Roos | George Street | Christopher Trotter | 1998/99 | ||
| City Roos | George Street | Christopher Trotter | 1998/99 | ||
| Eyes Are Singing Out | 415 George Street | Yayoi Kusama | 2012 | ||
| Kernel (Falling from Above) | 275 George Street | Stuart Green | 2009 | ||
| Mirage | Brisbane Arcade, Queen Street Mall | Gidon Graetz | |||
| Gates of Heaven | King Edward Park | Wendy Mills | 1988 | ||
| Lion | King George Square | E.F. Kohler, R. Summerhayes and E.S. Taylor | 1938 | ||
| Felix | Mary Street, Brisbane | Terry Summers [1] | 2004 | ||
| Pelicans | on the old bridge foundations in the Brisbane River, Brisbane CBD | Christopher Trotter | |||
| Bowline | Queen Street | Simon Perry | 1996 | ||
| Dialogue | Queen Street | Cezary Stulgis | 2004 | ||
| The Passenger | Queen Street | Cezary Stulgis | 2003 | ||
| Gestation | Queen Street | Baile Oakes | 1988 | ||
| The Guardian | Wharf Street | Cezary Stulgis | 2008 | ||
| Net | William Street, Neville Bonner Building | Barbara Heath | 1998 | ||
| The Banker | Post Office Square | Leonard Shillam | 1970 | ||
| Sundial | Centenary Place | 1999 | |||
| Plant Form | City Botanic Gardens, Gardens Point | Robert Juniper | 1988 | ||
| Morning Star | City Botanic Gardens, Gardens Point | Jon Barlow Hudson | 1988 | ||
| Kangaroo | City Botanic Gardens, Gardens Point | ||||
| Poinsettia Riverfire | Emma Miller Place, Brisbane CBD | Luke Roberts | 2016 | ||
| Fish | Chinatown, Brisbane | 2000s | |||
| Gloria | Teneriffe | Mark Andrews | 2013 | [2] | |
| Pod | Northshore Hamilton, Queensland | 2010s | |||
| Garden Sculpture | Brisbane Airport | ||||
| Anchorage and Passage | Brisbane International Terminal, Brisbane Airport | Ben Trupperbaumer | 1995 | ||
| Venus Rising | Kangaroo Point Park, Main Street | Wolfgang Buttress | 2011 | ||
| Crossover Guardians | Kangaroo Point Park | Mona Ryder | 1995 | ||
| Geerbaughs Midden (Section B) | Kangaroo Point Park | Ron Hurley | 1995 | ||
| The Man & Matter Series | Kangaroo Point Park | Peter D Cole | 1992 | ||
| Wormholes (Section C) | Kangaroo Point Park | Alexander Knox | 2009 | ||
| Preservation | Kangaroo Point Park | Mel Robson | 2013 | [1][2] | |
| Cicada | South Bank | ||||
| Elephant | South Bank Parklands | 1988 | |||
| Offshoot | South Bank | Clement Meadmore | 1984 | ||
| The Witness Box | South Bank | Daniel Templeman | 2004 | ||
| Leviathan Play | South Bank | Ron Robertson-Swann | 1985 | ||
| Pelicans | Queensland Art Gallery, South Bank | Leonard and Kathleen Shillam | 1984 | ||
| Pelicans | Queensland Art Gallery, South Bank | Leonard and Kathleen Shillam | 1984 | ||
| Sisters | Queensland Art Gallery, South Bank | Ante Dabro | 1985 | ||
| Approaching Equilibrium | Queensland Art Gallery, South Bank | Anthony Pryor | 1985 | ||
| The World Turns | Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, South Bank | Michael Parekowhai | 2012 | ||
| Boundary St, Melbourne St and Mollison St intersection West End | |||||
| Industrial Growth | Boundary Road, Richlands | Christopher Trotter | 2007 | ||
| Beacon | Esplanade, Shorncliffe | Marion Hoad | 1996 | ||
| Billow | Esplanade, Shorncliffe | Davis -Thomas | 2007 | ||
| Surge | Esplanade, Shorncliffe | Davis -Thomas | 2007 | ||
| Feast of the Bon-yi 1 | Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha | Bianca Beetson | 2013 | ||
| Feast of the Bon-yi 2 | Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha | Bianca Beetson | 2013 | ||
| Platypus | Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Fig Tree Pocket |
List of statues
| Name | Image | Location | Artist | Year |
| Aurora | Queen Street | Cezary Stulgis | 2015 | |
| The Drovers | Ann Street | (World Expo 88) | 1988 (original)/ 2005 (recast) | |
| El Emigrante | Cathedral Square | (World Lebanese Cultural Union) | 2010 | |
| Confucius | South Bank Parklands | (Ji'nan Municipal Government, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China) | 2010 | |
| Themis | Courts of Law, George Street | 2012 | ||
| Thomas Joseph Byrnes | Centenary Place | |||
| Robert Burns | Centenary Place | 1929 | ||
| George V | King George Square | E.F Kohler, R Summerhayes and E.S.Taylor | 1938 | |
| Petrie Tableau | King George Square | Stephen Walker (sculptor) | 1988 | |
| Speakers corner | King George Square | Artbusters | 1993 | |
| Queen Victoria | Queens Gardens | Thomas Brock | 1906 | |
| Thomas Joseph Ryan | Queens Gardens | Edgar Bertram Mackennal | ||
| Lady Diamantina Bowen | Gardens Point | Phillip Piperides | 2009 | |
| Hippocrates | Herston | Phillip Piperides | 1996 | |
| Child Abuse Memorial | Emma Miller Place | Gavan Fenelon | 2004 | |
| Konstantin Tsiolkovsky | Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium | Sergei Bychkov | 2007 |
List of monuments and memorials
| Name | Image | Location | Artist | Year |
| Speakers' Corner | George Street | 2010 | ||
| Mooney Memorial Fountain (Firemen Memorial) | Queen Street | William Webster, sculptor | 1879 | |
| Q150 time capsule | Gardens Point | 2009 | ||
| Resilience | Emma Miller Place | Cida de Aragon and Steffen Lehmann | 2007 | |
| Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Memorial | Brisbane Airport | |||
| Gateway to Victory | Hamilton | |||
| John Oxley Landing Memorial | Newstead Park, Newstead | 1983 | ||
| Tide Recorder | Newstead Park, Newstead | 1959 | ||
| First Free Settlers Monument 1838 | Nundah | 1938 | ||
| Ken Fletcher Memorial | Tennyson | 2013 |
See also
- List of Australian military memorials
- List of public art in the City of Sydney
- Alphie the Alpha Turtle, a large moveable inflatable floating public artwork
References
- ^ "Kangaroo Point Natural History Project". Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ "MEL ROBSON - C.T. WHITE PARK KANGAROO POINT". National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 18 September 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
External links
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