Craig & Karl: Rear Vision
Brisbane City Council's Outdoor Gallery Exhibition
Craig & Karl: Rear Vision is the latest exhibition in Brisbane City Council's Outdoor Gallery, which transforms our city’s laneways, streets, and car parks into imaginative and engaging spaces for everyone to enjoy. With their signature visual language defined by bold colour, graphic precision and infectious joy, the exhibition features some of Craig & Karl’s most celebrated series exploring themes of community, identity, imagination and love.
Co-curated by Carrie McCarthy and Angela Goddard, Craig & Karl: Rear Vision includes many works never exhibited in Australia. We invite you to explore Brisbane’s hidden gems through the Outdoor Gallery’s exhibition artworks found on light boxes and banners, in vitrines, and as evening projections.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair Access
- 100% Visual Content
Credits
Indicative artwork, Craig & Karl, ‘Hand Gestures 1-5’, 2011-2024, digital print. Courtesy of the artists.
Co-curated by Carrie McCarthy and Angela Goddard
Join us for a free walking tour of Brisbane City Council's Outdoor Gallery exhibition Craig & Karl: Rear Vision.
Led by exhibition curators Carrie McCarthy & Angela Goddard from Griffith University Art Museum, these guided tours will offer a deeper understanding of the exhibition, artworks, and artists.
Join Brisbane Festival for a guided walking tour to discover all that the citywide Craig & Karl takeover has to offer.
These free, small-group tours offer exclusive insights from the artists and plot their journey from burgeoning local artists to global design superstars.
Schedule:
- 5x tours per week, up to 20 patrons per tour.
- 10:30am Saturdays and Sundays
- 5:30pm Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays
Education Guided Group Tours now available for students grades 10-12. Click here for more information.
Artists
Craig & Karl
International art and design duo Craig Redman and Karl Maier came of age in 1980s Australia, immersed in a world of bold, bright, and unapologetically lurid colour. It was an era that sparked a lifelong fascination with colour, which continues to define their work today.
Their creative bond began at Brisbane’s Queensland College of Art and Design, Griffith University — currently celebrating its 50th anniversary — where their complementary perspectives and distinctive personalities naturally evolved into a dynamic collaboration.
Now based in New York and London, Craig & Karl have exhibited globally, known for their vibrant, multidisciplinary works — from a striking New York Magazine cover featuring Barack Obama to a sculpture honouring film director Michelangelo Antonioni. Their unmistakable aesthetic has attracted collaborations with leading global brands including Nike, Apple, Google, Vogue, and LVMH.
In 2025, the iconic duo return to Brisbane to unveil their most ambitious project yet — set to transform the city with their signature pop art sensibility and riot of vivid colour.