List of public art in Brisbane explained

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
Lion King George SquareE.F. Kohler, R. Summerhayes and E.S. Taylor1938
The Banker Post Office SquareLeonard Shillam1970
Forme del Mito: Forms of Myth Edward Street/Turbot StreetArnaldo Pomodoro1983
Pelicans Queensland Art Gallery, South BankLeonard and Kathleen Shillam1984
Offshoot South BankClement Meadmore1984
Pelicans Queensland Art Gallery, South BankLeonard and Kathleen Shillam1984
Sisters Queensland Art Gallery, South BankAnte Dabro1985
Approaching Equilibrium Queensland Art Gallery, South BankAnthony Pryor1985
Leviathan Play South BankRon Robertson-Swann1985
Continuous DivisionRoma Street ParklandGreg Johns 1988
Plant Form City Botanic Gardens, Gardens PointRobert Juniper1988
Morning Star City Botanic Gardens, Gardens PointJon Barlow Hudson1988
Gates of Heaven King Edward ParkWendy Mills1988
ElephantSouth Bank Parklands1988
GestationQueen StreetBaile Oakes1988
The Man & Matter Series Kangaroo Point ParkPeter D Cole1992
Anchorage and PassageBrisbane International Terminal, Brisbane Airport1995
Crossover Guardians Kangaroo Point ParkMona Ryder1995
Geerbaughs Midden (Section B) Kangaroo Point ParkRon Hurley1995
Beacon Esplanade, ShorncliffeMarion Hoad1996
Bowline Queen StreetSimon Perry1996
NetWilliam Street, Neville Bonner BuildingBarbara Heath1998
City Roos George StreetChristopher Trotter1998/99
City Roos George StreetChristopher Trotter1998/99
PrideCharlotte Street/Albert StreetGrant Lehmann1999
A tree a rock a cloudEagle StreetBarbara Heath1999
The Courier Charlotte StreetJohn Coleman 1999
SundialCentenary Place1999
EmporiumAnn Street2000s
FishChinatown, Brisbane2000s
HandsEagle StreetSebastian Di Mauro2003
GuardianKangaroo PointJohn Dahlsen2003
The Passenger Queen StreetCezary Stulgis2003
ConfluenceGeorge StreetDaniel Templeman2004
DriftCharlotte StreetSebastian Di Mauro2004
Felix Mary Street, BrisbaneTerry Summers http://www.terrysummers.com/drupal/2004
Dialogue Queen StreetCezary Stulgis2004
The Witness Box South BankDaniel Templeman2004
Echoes from the North Edward StreetAugustine Dall'Ava2004-5
Steam - 15 geodesic spheresGeorge StreetDonna Marcus2006
Industrial Growth Boundary Road, RichlandsChristopher Trotter2007
Billow Esplanade, ShorncliffeDavis -Thomas 2007
Surge Esplanade, ShorncliffeDavis -Thomas 2007
The Guardian Wharf StreetCezary Stulgis2008
Kernel (Falling from Above)275 George StreetStuart Green2009
Wormholes (Section C) Kangaroo Point ParkAlexander Knox2009
PodNorthshore Hamilton, Queensland2010s
Venus Rising Kangaroo Point Park, Main StreetWolfgang Buttress2011
Eyes Are Singing Out 415 George StreetYayoi Kusama2012
The World Turns Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, South BankMichael Parekowhai2012
Preservation Kangaroo Point ParkMel Robson2013[1] [2]
Confluenza Roma Street ParklandSalvatore Di Mauro and Sebastian Di Mauro2013
Gloria TeneriffeMark Andrews 2013https://ggbooks.wordpress.com/2013/07/09/gloria-sculpture-launched/
Feast of the Bon-yi 1Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha2013
Feast of the Bon-yi 2Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha2013
Poinsettia RiverfireEmma Miller Place, Brisbane CBDLuke Roberts 2016
The BullEdward Street
Big Sister Eagle StreetJohn Seward Johnson II
Mirage Brisbane Arcade, Queen Street MallGidon Graetz
Pelicans on the old bridge foundations in the Brisbane River, Brisbane CBDChristopher Trotter
Kangaroo City Botanic Gardens, Gardens Point
Garden Sculpture Brisbane Airport
Cicada South Bank
Boundary St, Melbourne St and Mollison St intersection West End
PlatypusLone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Fig Tree Pocket

List of statues

Name Image Location Artist Year
Queen Victoria Queens GardensThomas Brock1906
Robert Burns Centenary Place1929
George VKing George SquareE.F Kohler, R Summerhayes and E.S.Taylor1938
Petrie TableauKing George SquareStephen Walker (sculptor)1988
The DroversAnn Street(World Expo 88) 1988 (original)/ 2005 (recast)
Speakers cornerKing George SquareArtbusters1993
Hippocrates HerstonPhillip Piperides1996
Child Abuse Memorial Emma Miller PlaceGavan Fenelon2004
Konstantin TsiolkovskySir Thomas Brisbane PlanetariumSergei Bychkov2007
Lady Diamantina Bowen Gardens PointPhillip Piperides2009
El EmigranteCathedral Square(World Lebanese Cultural Union) 2010
ConfuciusSouth Bank Parklands(Ji'nan Municipal Government, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China) 2010
ThemisCourts of Law, George Street2012
AuroraQueen StreetCezary Stulgis2015
Thomas Joseph Byrnes Centenary Place
Thomas Joseph RyanQueens GardensEdgar Bertram Mackennal

List of monuments and memorials

Name Image Location Artist Year
Mooney Memorial Fountain (Firemen Memorial)Queen StreetWilliam Webster, sculptor1879
First Free Settlers Monument 1838 Nundah1938
Tide Recorder Newstead Park, Newstead1959
John Oxley Landing Memorial Newstead Park, Newstead1983
ResilienceEmma Miller PlaceCida de Aragon and Steffen Lehmann2007
Q150 time capsuleGardens Point2009
Speakers' CornerGeorge Street2010
Ken Fletcher Memorial Tennyson2013
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith MemorialBrisbane Airport
Gateway to VictoryHamilton

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kangaroo Point Natural History Project. Brisbane City Council. 18 December 2013.
  2. Web site: MEL ROBSON - C.T. WHITE PARK KANGAROO POINT . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20130918190700/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/85136/20130919-0507/www.uap.com.au/blog/mel-robson-c-t-white-park-kangaroo-point/index.html . dead . 18 September 2013 . . 22 July 2016.