The Passenger Sculpture, 540 Queen St, Brisbane City
March 2nd, 2007 · 4 Comments
The Passenger is a piece of sculpture by Cezary Stulgis at 540 Queen St - this is where Queen St bends and heads up towards the Valley. Click here to see the exact location.
Read more to see five more pictures.
Maybe it’s just me, but this bloke doesn’t look particularly pleased to be on the train. It must be Tuesday morning (Tuesday’s even worse than Monday, I reckon).
Are there any sculptures in Brisbane you’d like to see in Brisbane Is Home? Maybe you’ve taken some photos yourself? Leave a comment and let me know.
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4 responses so far ↓
1 Sabina // Mar 3, 2007 at 9:05 am
I have always liked that sculpture. I am glad you featured it.
2 David // Mar 3, 2007 at 9:27 am
Glad you enjoyed it! Let me know if you have any requests for parts of Brisbane you want to see here…
3 Murdoch // Mar 31, 2007 at 3:55 pm
It’s funny that I stumbled across this.
Yesteday I was walking past the awesome sculptures of the kangaroos lazily lying around on george street (between adelaide and queen i think) and I’m impressed every time I see them. This made me think of other impressive sculptures I’ve seen around the city and these include the giant horns rising out of the ground outside the Mincom building on 192 Ann St, and the ‘hand of god’ thing (that’s what I call it!) which is somewhere over near Eagle Street. This is the open hand rising out of the ground with fingers pointed toward the sky. All of these sculptures are ‘must haves’ in a blog on Brisbane sculptures!
P.S. I’ve never actually seen/noticed this ‘passenger’ sculpture before but will next time I’m over that side of the city. The look on his face is pretty much standard for any train trip in which you have to stand.. trust me
4 David // Apr 2, 2007 at 10:25 am
Murdoch, thanks for dropping in. I plan to take photos all of those sculptures and more.
I’ll have to think of some very interesting angles though, because Wes at the I Love Brisbane blog has already written lots of great articles, with photos, about many different sculptures in Brisbane - you should have a look at his website.
And yep, standing on the train sucks. The weekday peak hour trains are packed, and peak hour is more like 4 hours in the morning and in the evening.
The sculpture is on the diagonal part of Queen St that is behind the Orient Hotel - if you drive to the Valley along Queen St from the City, the sculpture will be on your left.
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