
Shaun Gladwell: Cycles of Radical Will
De La Warr Pavilion 2013
Yokohama Linework, 2005
single-channel High Definition video, colour, sound
16 minutes 33 seconds
Edition of 4
Commissioned by Yokohama Triennale
Shaun Gladwell
Skateboarders vs Minimalism, 2016
HD video, 16:9, colour, sound
53 minutes 28 seconds
Shaun Gladwell
Mini Ramp Intersection, 2014
installation view, De La Warr Pavilion, UK
Shaun Gladwell
Reversed Readymade, 2016
Digital Virtual Reality 360 Degree Video (optimised for Samsung GEARVR system)
Samsung Galaxy S7 edge, Samsung Gear VR, Beats by Dre wireless headphones
16 minutes 30 seconds
Performer: Simon O’Brien
Cinematographers: Joseph Heks (VR) and Judd Overton (HD)
Producer: Leo Faber
Shaun Gladwell
Track and Trials, 2011
2‑channel HD video, colour, sound
track: 11 minutes 48 seconds; trials 12 minutes 33 seconds
Shaun Gladwell
Broken Dance (Beatboxed), 2012
2‑channel HD video, colour, sound
1 hour 25 minutes
Shaun Gladwell
Broken Dance (Beatboxed), 2012
2‑channel HD video, colour, sound
1 hour 25 minutes
Shaun Gladwell
In a Station of the Metro (1), 2006
Lambda Durst print
56.2 x 56.2 xm
Edition of 5
Photographer: Gotaro Uematsu
Shaun Gladwell
Double Voyage, 2006
2‑channel video
24 minutes 5 seconds
Cinematographer: Gotaro Uematsu
Shaun Gladwell
Tangara, 2003
14 minutes 11 seconds
Shaun Gladwell
Pataphysical Man, 2005
HD video
12 minutes
Performer: Daniel Esteve Pomares
Cinematographer: Gotaro Uematsu
Photographer: Josh Raymond
Shaun Gladwell
Shaun Gladwell: Pacific Undertow, 2019
Installation view, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney
Photo: Zan Wimberley
Shaun Gladwell
Pacific Undertow Sequence (Bondi), 2010
HD video
Cinematographer: Josh Raymond
Shaun Gladwell
Storm Sequence, 2000
8 minutes 40 seconds
Shaun Gladwell
Riding with Death, 1999
VHS
4 minutes 57 seconds
Shaun Gladwell
Allegorical Study/Riding with Death, 2007
hand-coloured etching on Velin Arches 250gsm
46 x 65 cm
Edition of 8
Shaun Gladwell
Endoscopic Vanitas, 2009
Shaun Gladwell
Orbital Vanitas, 2016
VR
6 minutes 33 seconds
Shaun Gladwell with BADFAITH
Shaun Gladwell
The Last Imperial Death Star, 1998
synthetic polymer paint & oil on canvas
89 x 89 cm
Shaun Gladwell
Planet & Stars Sequence: Barrier Highway, 2009
HD video, 16:9, colour, stereo
23 minutes 53 seconds
Cinematographer: Gotaro Uematsu
Photographer: Josh Raymond
Shaun Gladwell
Cosmology (Air Antwerpen), 2011
Enamel on aluminium panel
123 x 123 cm
Shaun Gladwell
Woolloomooloo Night, 2004
25 minutes 40 seconds
Performer: Emma Magenta
Videographer: Gotaro Uematsu
Shaun Gladwell
R6 Intersection, 2009
Shaun Gladwell
Apologies 1 – 6, 2009
HD video, 16:9, stereo sound
27 minutes 10 seconds
Cinematographer: Gotaro Uematsu
Photographer: Josh Raymond
Shaun Gladwell
1000 Horses, 2017
2‑channel HD synchronised video, 16:9, colour, sound
24 minutes
Edition of 3
Shaun Gladwell
1000 Horses, 2017
2‑channel HD synchronised video, 16:9, colour, sound
24 minutes
Edition of 3
Born Sydney, Australia 1972
Lives and works in Melbourne
Shaun Gladwell’s practice engages personal experience and a wider speculation of art history to examine the dynamics of contemporary culture. Gladwell transposes forms of urban expression such as skateboarding, graffiti, BMX bicycle riding, break-dancing and extreme sports into the multiple mediums of his practice. These performances, videos, paintings, photographs, sculptures and virtual reality works make discursive investigations into forms of creativity and notions of freedom.
In his video works, Gladwell draws links between historical and contemporary models of the body in space, proposing a lineage between the flâneur and contemporary cultural figures such as skateboarders, free-runners and other physical and street performers.
As this ongoing investigation of spatial articulation has deepened and gathered momentum it has begun to more closely inform and be reflected in the installation structures of the work itself, with an increased experimentation with multi-channel formats, architectural features and projection surfaces.
Public collections include the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Orange County Museum of Art, California; and Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford. Gladwell’s works can also be found in corporate and private collections in Australia, Asia, the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States.
Shaun Gladwell
Shaun Gladwell: Pacific Undertow
19th July – 7th October 2019
Shaun Gladwell
The Inspector of Tides
30th October – 19th December 2015
Anna Schwartz Gallery Carriageworks
Shaun Gladwell
The Lacrima Chair
6th March – 25th April 2015
Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation
Shaun Gladwell
Morning of the Earth
21st November – 21st December 2013
Anna Schwartz Gallery
Shaun Gladwell
Cycles of Radical Will
2nd February – 23rd June 2013
De La Warr Pavilion
Shaun Gladwell
Broken Dance (Beatboxed)
23rd August – 21st October 2012
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Shaun Gladwell
Riding with Death: Redux
28th October – 17th December 2011
Anna Schwartz Gallery Carriageworks
Shaun Gladwell
Stereo Sequences
1st June – 14th August 2011
Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Shaun Gladwell
MADDESTMAXIMVS: Planet & Stars Sequence
7th June – 22nd November 2009
Australian Pavilion, Venice Biennale
Shaun Gladwell
Double Voyage
14th August – 6th September 2008
Anna Schwartz Gallery
Shaun Gladwell
1000 Horses, 2017
2‑channel HD synchronised video, 16:9, colour, sound
24 minutes
Edition of 3
Shaun Gladwell
Skateboarders vs Minimalism (7), 2016
hand painted black and white photograph on photocopy paper
84 x 119 cm (sheet)
unique state
Shaun Gladwell
Skateboarders vs Minimalism (6), 2016
hand-painted acrylic on black and white photograph on photocopy paper
119 x 84 cm (sheet)
unique state
Shaun Gladwell
A Portrait of Kathryn Puie as Nancy-Bird Walton, 2015
C‑type photograph
103.5 x 75 cm
Edition of 2
Shaun Gladwell
Last of the first weaponised drones, 2015
oil on canvas
107 x 153 cm
Shaun Gladwell
The Sunlight School, 2015
single-channel High Definition video, 16:9, colour, silent
Edition of 3
Shaun Gladwell
Severed Head (Maximus), 2015
C‑type photograph
139 x 175 cm
Edition of 3
Shaun Gladwell
Interceptor Deluge Sequence, 2015
single-channel High Definition video, 16:9, colour, silent
24 minutes 42 seconds
Edition of 2
Shaun Gladwell
John Forrest Backside Invert, 2015
inkjet print on paper
183 x 123 cm
Edition of 2
Shaun Gladwell
Transparent Universe, 2013
enamel on aluminium, athletic shoes
dimensions variable
Shaun Gladwell
Dutchman and Senta Together, 2013
hand-drawn animation on iPad, framed, looped, black and white, silent
20 x 25 cm
Edition of 6
Shaun Gladwell
The Giant’s Wife Invert (Modified), 2012
C‑type print with enamel aerosol paint
152 x 152 cm
unique state
Shaun Gladwell
I Also Live at One Infinite Loop, 2011
(still) HD video, 16:9, colour, silent
20 minutes 11 seconds
Edition of 3
Shaun Gladwell
Cook Invert, 2011
inkjet print on paper
177.5 x 134 cm
Edition of 2
Shaun Gladwell
Colour Test: Mundi Mundi Plains (Blue), 2009
pigment print on archival paper
166.5 x 214 cm
Edition of 3
Shaun Gladwell
Allegorical Study/Riding with Death, 2007
hand-coloured etching on Velin Arches 250gsm
46 x 65 cm
Edition of 8
Shaun Gladwell
In a Station of the Metro (1), 2006
Lambda Durst print
56.2 x 56.2 xm
Edition of 5
Photographer: Gotaro Uematsu
Yokohama Linework, 2005
single-channel High Definition video, colour, sound
16 minutes 33 seconds
Edition of 4
Commissioned by Yokohama Triennale
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