Foyer Art

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 3s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Framed artworks line the foyer wall at the old Bankstown RSL clubhouse, mounted on blue timber panelling with star-shaped perforations. The ceiling is deep crimson. Patterned red-and-black carpet covers the floor. The 1955 clubhouse closed in January 2019.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Foyer Art
Series: Bankstown RSL
Catalogue: BRS-012
Process: Giclée
Captured: 6 February 2019
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 3s s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 14 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 290 × 200 mm
Location: Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia
Authenticity: C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by: Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards

02 LOCATION

Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

A piece of decorative foyer art at the Bankstown RSL hangs on the wall near the main entrance, a large framed mixed-media composition built up from the club's mid-century interior palette: gold leaf, mirror tiles, painted floral panels, and inset crests. The frame is heavy timber, gilded. The composition occupies a wall section roughly two metres tall and three across. The wall behind it is papered in a textured pattern from the same era. The lighting that lit the piece in service is gone; the photograph catches it in the ambient light coming through the foyer windows.

Decorative installations of this kind sat at the entrance of most large suburban clubs through the second half of the twentieth century. They did the work of marking the venue as somewhere worth dressing up for: not quite a hotel lobby, not quite a community hall, somewhere in between. The Bankstown RSL's foyer carried this piece along with the WWI Honor Roll near the entrance and the 1997 Denis Phillips memorial beside the staircase. The two registered memorials were salvaged ahead of the demolition. The Bankstown RSL was demolished in March 2019. Whether the foyer art was salvaged is not recorded.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Five framed artworks line the foyer wall, mounted on blue timber panelling punctuated with star-shaped perforations. The ceiling is deep crimson. Patterned carpet covers the floor in tight red and black checks. A doorway sits open between the panels, revealing a stripped-back room beyond. The artworks depict stylised scenes: a sailboat, a city skyline with pink fish, neon figures. Recessed downlights still sit in the ceiling, unlit.

Brett Patman

The series

Bankstown RSL

2019 · 30 photographs

On 17 September 1928, 26 returned servicemen of the 1914 to 1918 war founded the City of Bankstown RSL sub-Branch. The clubhouse at 1 Meredith Street opened in 1955, with blue walls under bright red ceilings. The underground sports complex originally held a swimming pool, a squash court, a gym, and a sauna.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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