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List of public art in Brisbane

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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

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Name Image Location Artist Year Ref
Lion King George Square E.F. Kohler, R. Summerhayes and E.S. Taylor 1938
The Banker Post Office Square Leonard Shillam 1970
Forme del Mito: Forms of Myth Edward Street/Turbot Street Arnaldo Pomodoro 1983
Pelicans Queensland Art Gallery, South Bank Leonard and Kathleen Shillam 1984
Offshoot South Bank Clement Meadmore 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
Leviathan Play South Bank Ron Robertson-Swann 1985
Continuous Division Roma Street Parkland Greg Johns 1988
Plant Form City Botanic Gardens, Gardens Point Robert Juniper 1988
Morning Star City Botanic Gardens, Gardens Point Jon Barlow Hudson 1988
Gates of Heaven King Edward Park Wendy Mills 1988
Elephant South Bank Parklands 1988
Gestation Queen Street Baile Oakes 1988
The Man & Matter Series Kangaroo Point Park Peter D Cole 1992
Anchorage and Passage Brisbane International Terminal, Brisbane Airport Ben Trupperbaumer 1995
Crossover Guardians Kangaroo Point Park Mona Ryder 1995
Geerbaughs Midden (Section B) Kangaroo Point Park Ron Hurley 1995
Beacon Esplanade, Shorncliffe Marion Hoad 1996
Bowline Queen Street Simon Perry 1996
Net William Street, Neville Bonner Building Barbara Heath 1998
City Roos George Street Christopher Trotter 1998/99
City Roos George Street Christopher Trotter 1998/99
Pride Charlotte Street/Albert Street Grant Lehmann 1999
A tree a rock a cloud Eagle Street Barbara Heath 1999
The Courier Charlotte Street John Coleman 1999
Sundial Centenary Place 1999
Emporium Ann Street 2000s
Fish Chinatown, Brisbane 2000s
Hands Eagle Street Sebastian Di Mauro 2003
Guardian Kangaroo Point John Dahlsen 2003
The Passenger Queen Street Cezary Stulgis 2003
Confluence George Street Daniel Templeman 2004
Drift Charlotte Street Sebastian Di Mauro 2004
Felix Mary Street, Brisbane Terry Summers [1] 2004
Dialogue Queen Street Cezary Stulgis 2004
The Witness Box South Bank Daniel Templeman 2004
Echoes from the North Edward Street Augustine Dall'Ava 2004-5
Steam - 15 geodesic spheres George Street Donna Marcus 2006
Industrial Growth Boundary Road, Richlands Christopher Trotter 2007
Billow Esplanade, Shorncliffe Davis -Thomas 2007
Surge Esplanade, Shorncliffe Davis -Thomas 2007
The Guardian Wharf Street Cezary Stulgis 2008
Kernel (Falling from Above) 275 George Street Stuart Green 2009
Wormholes (Section C) Kangaroo Point Park Alexander Knox 2009
Pod Northshore Hamilton, Queensland 2010s
Venus Rising Kangaroo Point Park, Main Street Wolfgang Buttress 2011
Eyes Are Singing Out 415 George Street Yayoi Kusama 2012
The World Turns Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, South Bank Michael Parekowhai 2012
Preservation Kangaroo Point Park Mel Robson 2013 [1][2]
Confluenza Roma Street Parkland Salvatore Di Mauro and Sebastian Di Mauro 2013
Gloria Teneriffe Mark Andrews 2013 [2]
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
Poinsettia Riverfire Emma Miller Place, Brisbane CBD Luke Roberts 2016
The Bull Edward Street
Big Sister Eagle Street John Seward Johnson II
Mirage Brisbane Arcade, Queen Street Mall Gidon Graetz
Pelicans on the old bridge foundations in the Brisbane River, Brisbane CBD Christopher Trotter
Kangaroo City Botanic Gardens, Gardens Point
Garden Sculpture Brisbane Airport
Cicada South Bank
Boundary St, Melbourne St and Mollison St intersection West End
Platypus Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Fig Tree Pocket

List of statues

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Name Image Location Artist Year
Queen Victoria Queens Gardens Thomas Brock 1906
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
The Drovers Ann Street (World Expo 88) 1988 (original)/ 2005 (recast)
Speakers corner King George Square Artbusters 1993
Hippocrates Herston Phillip Piperides 1996
Child Abuse Memorial Emma Miller Place Gavan Fenelon 2004
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium Sergei Bychkov 2007
Lady Diamantina Bowen Gardens Point Phillip Piperides 2009
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
Aurora Queen Street Cezary Stulgis 2015
Thomas Joseph Byrnes Centenary Place
Thomas Joseph Ryan Queens Gardens Edgar Bertram Mackennal

List of monuments and memorials

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Name Image Location Artist Year
Mooney Memorial Fountain (Firemen Memorial) Queen Street William Webster, sculptor 1879
First Free Settlers Monument 1838 Nundah 1938
Tide Recorder Newstead Park, Newstead 1959
John Oxley Landing Memorial Newstead Park, Newstead 1983
Resilience Emma Miller Place Cida de Aragon and Steffen Lehmann 2007
Q150 time capsule Gardens Point 2009
Speakers' Corner George Street 2010
Ken Fletcher Memorial Tennyson 2013
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Memorial Brisbane Airport
Gateway to Victory Hamilton

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kangaroo Point Natural History Project". Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  2. ^ "MEL ROBSON - C.T. WHITE PARK KANGAROO POINT". National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 18 September 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
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