Paint Shop

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D850
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
14mm · f/8.0 · 1/20 · ISO 100
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

The paint shop within the workshops at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW. Paint tins and brushes scattered across the timber floor, a long workbench under the windows, glass-fronted storage cabinets along the back wall. The complex peaked at over 1,400 patients in the 1960s.

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In situ

Paint Shop at The Asylum, a large open room with timber floorboards buckled and grey with dust.Paint Shop at The Asylum, a large open room with timber floorboards buckled and grey with dust.Paint Shop at The Asylum, a large open room with timber floorboards buckled and grey with dust.Paint Shop at The Asylum, a large open room with timber floorboards buckled and grey with dust.Paint Shop at The Asylum, a large open room with timber floorboards buckled and grey with dust.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Paint Shop
Series
Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue
KAS-040
Process
Giclée
Captured
1 March 2020
Camera
NIKON D850
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
1/20 s
ISO
100
Focal length
14 mm
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size
290 × 200 mm
Location
New South Wales, Australia
Recognised by
National Trust of Australia (NSW), 2016 Heritage Award, Multimedia
02 LOCATION

New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

The paint shop within the workshops at Kenmore. Paint tins and brushes are scattered across the timber floor. A long workbench runs along the wall under the windows. Glass-fronted storage cabinets stand along the back wall. The walls are plastered and painted, weathered through patches of damp. The work that was done here has been interrupted rather than wound down.

Kenmore maintained its own workshops to support a resident population that peaked at over 1,400 in the 1960s. The paint shop is one of those workshops, kept on through the working life of the site. The complex operated as a psychiatric hospital from 1895 until the Commonwealth sale in 2003 and was added to the NSW State Heritage Register on 1 April 2005, item 2930022.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A large open room with timber floorboards buckled and grey with dust. Paint tins sit scattered across the floor, lids off, contents long dried. Plaster has fallen from the ceiling in patches, exposing the framework beneath. Daylight fills the space through rows of tall sash windows. A low bench runs the length of the far wall. Blue and red wainscoting. A stepladder leans against the back corner. Sheets of board and debris cover the ground.

Brett Patman

Kenmore Asylum

The series

Kenmore Asylum

2020 · 74 photographs

Kenmore Asylum opened on Taralga Road, Goulburn, in 1895 as the first purpose-built complete mental health complex in rural New South Wales. The site was acquired in 1879 under the same Inspector-General who initiated Callan Park. The hospital closed around 2003 and was listed on the NSW State Heritage Register in 2005.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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