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Standard Bank displays heritage memorabiliaThe Famous Idea Trading Company10/23/2012 16:01:08 
The Art of Banking: celebrating through collections’ includes an exhibition by the Standard Bank Heritage Centre on the ground floor of the Gallery. This show focuses on the 150-year history of Standard Bank, illustrated through artefacts, photographs and other visuals from the Heritage Centre’s rich archival and artefact collection. This part of the exhibition follows a timeline approach, highlighting the unique history of the bank as the oldest name in banking in South Africa. The exhibition comprises three components. The first covers the period from the late 1850s-1987. More particularly, it deals with the conception of the idea for a “Standard Bank” in Port Elizabeth and its eventual establishment in London in 1862. Other focuses include the bank’s pioneering spirit, its “firsts” and innovations, the development from purely a bank into a financial services organisation, and the disinvestment of the bank’s British parent when it became fully South African owned. The second component explores the period 1988-2012 and portrays the bank as a dynamic organisation that expanded into Africa and other parts of the world in its own right. Other parts of the story here include the Nedcor take-over bid, the journey to self-service banking through technological innovations, internet and cell phone banking in particular, and Standard Bank’s quest to reach the “unbanked”. The third section of the exhibition includes an old banking hall, showcasing a teller’s box from the original Standard Bank counter at the Port Elizabeth branch and other furniture used by the bank over the years. Also featured in this component is a short video, which takes the visitor through the customer experience over the years, from when banking was completely branch-based to the development of self-service banking as we know it today. In addition, there is a focus on the changed look of Standard Bank’s branches through a juxtaposition of old interiors with the ultra-modern interiors such as the student centre, Cachet Park Service Centre, Potchefstroom. The Art of Banking: celebrating through collections runs at the Standard Bank Gallery, corner of Simmonds and Frederick Streets, Johannesburg, from 16 October – 1 December 2012. The Gallery (Tel: 011 631 4467) is open Mondays to Fridays, 08:00-16:30; on Saturdays, 09:00-13:00; and is closed on Sundays and public holidays. Admission is free. www.standardbankarts.co.za NOTES TO EDITORS: Selected Works (HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST) Penny Siopis, Always Something New out of Africa (diptych), 1990. Pastel and collage. 101 x 76 cm and 17 x 76 cm. Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection Oliver Lester, City of Grahamstown, 1863. Oil on canvas. 90 x 181 cm. Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection. John Mohl, Mountain Scene at Pilgrims Rest, c. 1945. Oil on board. 47 x 60 cm. Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection. Jacob Hendrik Pierneef, Pienaar’s River, 1944. Oil on canvas. 61 x 76 cm. Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection. Gerard Sekoto, Sophiatown Evening, undated. Oil on board. 39.5 x 50 cm. Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection. David Morgano, Alexandra Fire, 1998. Watercolour. 59.5 x 98.5 cm. Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection. Alexis Preller, Sandals, 1949. Oil on canvas. 40 x 50 cm. Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection. David Goldblatt, Boorgat is die antwoord, 2007. Photograph. 115 x 134.5 cm. Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection. Sam Nhlengethwa, Baragwanath Bridge, 2006. Mixed media on paper. 79 x 82 cm. Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection. Durant Sihlali, Kliptown Floods, 1977. Acrylic on board. 153.5 x 122 cm. Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection. Sandile Zulu, Planetary Conception Number 1, 2005. Mixed media. 150 x 300 cm. Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection. Thami Mnyele, Things Fall Apart, 1976. 61 x 64.5 cm. Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection. William Kentridge, Embarkation Triptych, 1987, Charcoal and pastel on paper. 138 x 103 cm. Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection. Brett Murray, Xhosa, 2002. Painted metal. 115 x 113 x 15 cm. Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection. Paul Emmanuel, Air on Skin, 2002. Shoe-polish on paper. 69 x 300 cm. Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection. Johannes Phokela, Bean Feast, 2005. Oil on canvas. 168 x 198 cm. Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection. Standard Bank Gallery Corner Simmonds and Frederick Street, Johannesburg Tel: 011 631 4467 Gallery hours: Mon-Fri, 08:00-16:30; Saturday, 09:00-13:00 The gallery is closed on Sundays and public holidays. Admission free www.standardbankarts.co.za Artslink.co.za Account: Gilly Hemphill The Famous Idea gilly@thefamousidea.co.za 011 446 7061/46 082 820 8584 Standard Bank Gallery www.standardbankarts.co.za Related Venue:
Standard Bank Gallery, Marshalltown Johannesburg Gauteng South Africa
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