Work Bench at Sundell Holden, a heavy steel I-beam runs the length of the frame at waist height, bolted to concrete block.

01 Sundell HoldenChatswood2015

ISO 1001.3sf/8.024mm

Series · 23 prints

Sundell Holden

Photographed 2015
Frames 23
Camera NIKON D7000
Location New South Wales, Australia
Status Demolished c. 2021
01 ABOUT THIS SERIES

Series story

Map · Mapbox · OpenStreetMap

Sundell Holden was the Chatswood East workshop and showroom of Sundell Motors Pty Ltd, on the corner of Smith and Gibbes Streets. Sundell Motors Chatswood Pty Ltd was registered with ASIC on 5 January 1967, and the company ran a Sydney North Shore Holden dealer network with sites at Chatswood, Top Ryde, West Ryde, Drummoyne, and Pittwater. The original Pacific Highway showroom, where a 1962 EJ Holden was sold new to Mr Alan Hamilton, was demolished in 1987 for the Zenith Centre. The Smith Street site continued as the network's main workshop. Four related Sundell entities consolidated into a single SUNDELL MOTORS PTY LTD on 3 September 2018, and operations wound down with the broader Holden franchise closure following Holden's national withdrawal in 2020. The Smith Street building stood empty for several years before being demolished for the Woolworths Chatswood East supermarket, which opened on the site in November 2022.

03 PRINTS

Prints in this series

Hand-signed and numbered, printed from the original RAW file. Open editions in the two smallest sizes; limited editions of 100, 50 and 25 in the three larger, never reissued once they sell through.

Work Bench at Sundell Holden, a heavy steel I-beam runs the length of the frame at waist height, bolted to concrete block.
Work Bench
Green weeds push through cracks in dark asphalt, their colour sharp against the dry grass and fractured bitumen at Sundell Holden.
Weeds
Layered street art and graffiti cover multiple wall surfaces inside the disused Smith Street workshop at Sundell Holden. A blown-out light source overhead floods the centre of the frame with white glare.
Showroom
Showers at Sundell Holden, broken tiles line the floor of a narrow corridor between shower cubicles.
Showers
Server Room at Sundell Holden, cabinet doors hang open against exposed brick.
Server Room
Office Stairs at Sundell Holden, a red fire extinguisher sits at the base of a narrow staircase.
Office Stairs
The mezzanine level of the former workshop, with red carpet running beneath a dismantled timber frame structure at Sundell Holden. Dense layers of tags cover the walls, and a large red mural spreads across the far wall.
Mezzanine
Empty metal shelving runs the length of the left wall of a narrow corridor at Sundell Holden. Black and purple graffiti covers the right-hand wall and the door at the far end.
Hallway
A small enclosed room inside the abandoned workshop, used as the customer waiting area at Sundell Holden. Broken glass litters the carpet beneath a shattered window.
Consultation Room
An empty asphalt car park runs up to the street-facing wall of the former Sundell Holden workshop on Smith Street. Faded parking bay lines remain visible across the surface, and weeds push through the cracks.
Car Park
A wire mesh cage partition divides an upstairs storage room in the former workshop at Sundell Holden. A red horned figure covers the back wall with the word devil sprayed above it.
Cage
Feathery grass plumes crowd the base of a corrugated metal wall, pressing against layers of spray paint in red, white, blue, and black at Sundell Holden.
Bunny Tails
A grease gun and its hose reel lie on the grimy floor of the former service centre at Sundell Holden. Rust covers most of the barrel. The nozzle is crusted with dried grease and grime.
Grease Gun
Roller Door at Sundell Holden, a side entrance to the panel shop which has been turned into a canvas for graffiti artists.
Roller Door
Bold black and white tags cover the central roller door of the former Sundell Holden workshop on Smith Street, and the brickwork on both sides is marked from floor to lintel.
Main Entrance
Body Shop at Sundell Holden, area where all the panel beating/replacement took place.
Body Shop
A Frames at Sundell Holden, a shot showing 180 degrees of the previously shown panel shop.
A Frames
Pale light pushes through a gap in the corrugated iron roof and lands on dusty timber floorboards at Sundell Holden.
Attic
A metal staircase with a yellow handrail climbs toward a small attic storage opening, its uprights dense with red spray paint at Sundell Holden.
Attic Entrance
Filing Cabinet at Sundell Holden, moved to the middle of the paint shop as a bench from graffiti artists to work from.
Filing Cabinet
Spray Booth at Sundell Holden, shot from inside a Lowbake oven spray booth, viewing out into the paint shop.
Spray Booth
A three-tiered wooden shelving unit stands on the concrete floor of the workshop at Sundell Holden. Dried paint has built up along the edges of each shelf in layers thick enough to form drips down the shelf faces.
Trolley
Paint Shop at Sundell Holden, part of the operation where vehicles would have been prepared for respraying.
Paint Shop
04 ABOUT THE PRINTS

How they’re made

Made to order by Brett in Sydney, from the original RAW file. Each print is hand-signed and numbered before it ships.

Paper

Ilford Galerie cotton rag, 310 gsm. Acrylic on metallic gloss, 260 gsm.

Editions

Open in XS and S. Limited in M (100), L (50), XL (25). From $100.

Print tiers →

Lead time

Unframed: 5 to 10 business days. Framed and acrylic: 10 to 20.

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