Shaun Gladwell

Shaun Gladwell

Various Rolls

16 March–23 April 200516 Mar–23 Apr 2005

In Shaun Gladwell’s videos extreme sporting activities of urban youth are configured in spaces of iconic architectural and/or natural significance. Skateboarders, capoiera dancers, and BMX bikers do their thing in scenes that ultimately shape and influence the nature of their performances physically and semiologically, just as their activities rewrite their surrounds.

The Institute of Modern Art acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land upon which the IMA now stands, the Jagera, Yuggera, Yugarapul, and Turrbal people. We offer our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the first artists of this country. In the spirit of allyship, the IMA will continue to work with First Nations people to celebrate, support, and present their immense past, present, and future contribution to artistic practice and cultural expression.

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