Reflections: A Reflection of Brisbane's Waterways
Brisbane-based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists are filling the CBD's light boxes, banners and outdoor display cases with works focusing on the Brisbane River.
Overview
Peering at art isn't just an indoor activity confined to galleries and museums. It's something that you can do across Brisbane's streets, too, if you know where to look. That's what Brisbane City Council's Outdoor Gallery offers the city's art lovers, first popping up in 2016 and filling locations around the CBD with eye-catching work ever since — in spots as varied as Howard Smith Wharves and Fish Lane.
Exactly what graces the Outdoor Gallery changes regularly — and from Monday, June 19–Monday, October 2, First Nations art is in the spotlight. So is the Brisbane River, with Reflections: A Reflection of Brisbane's Waterways enlisting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists to muse on the H2O around us.
Both emerging and early-career creatives are in focus, showing new and existing works across large-scale banners, installations and projections lighting up the nights.
Ten artists have works on display: Lewis James, Ben Barker, Dean Tyson, Tai Bobongie and Taliah Saylor, plus Kylie Hill, Nicole Williams, Paula Dewis, Brett Leavy and Luke Mallie.
As for where else to visit, hitting up a laneway — including Eagle Lane, Irish Lane, Edison Lane, Giffin Lane and Hutton Lane — is recommended. Or, you can head to Ann, Queen and Elizabeth streets, or the King George Square car park.
