55 – 13 – 38 is Patrick Lester’s ongoing photographic survey into the publicly displayed bronze statues across Brisbane. These statues and how they reflect or do not reflect the current attitudes of the city are the basis of the project. Lester particularly focuses on the imbalance between bronze statues that are dedicated to men, women and animals, which is reflected in the numbers 55, 13 and 38 respectively. This disparity is also evident in the scarcity of LGBTIQ+, Indigenous Australians and other non-white cisgender male, groups.

Condensed down Lester’s work surveys how Brisbane, as a ‘New World City’, fails to reflect its diverse population in the publicly displayed bronze statues.