The Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre houses an extraordinary collection of works by leading Australian contemporary artists, many of whom have deep connections to Brisbane and to Queensland’s cultural landscape.
Brisbane has played a pivotal role in the development of contemporary Australian art. The city has fostered generations of artists whose work interrogates place, identity and abstraction, often embracing their distance from the traditional ‘centres’ of the art world. This position has fuelled a radical regionalism – a creative stance that reflects the unique histories, politics and lived experiences of life in the north.
Other leading Australian artists featured in this collection include Bruce Reynolds, Joe Furlonger, Tom Risley, John Peart, Michael Johnson and Luke Roberts – each contributing to a compelling story of contemporary Australian art shaped by Queensland’s distinctive creative energy.
