Shaun Gladwell
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Shaun Gladwell is an Australia
n video art
ist who has gained worldwide acclaim for his video art, painting and photographs.
. He graduated with a Masters degree from the University of New South Wales' College of Fine Arts
.
Gladwell describes his video art as “performance landscapes”, and whether they are set in rural or urban settings, they usually present a juxtaposition of the visual against the environment where it exists. He often uses filmic devices such as slow-motion and long pans to capture both tightly choreographed and improvised performances. The resulting works are surprisingly hypnotic and beautifully poetic, due to their distortion of speed, reversed gravity or overall displacement of space and time.
Gladwell exhibited his work in the Australian pavilion at the Venice Biennale
in 2009.
The best examples of his video art sequences, as well as newly commissioned pieces, were presented at an exhibition located at The Australian Centre for the Moving Image, in Melbourne's Federation Square
, from June 1 to August 14, 2011.
Gladwell has been exhibiting throughout Australia, the United States and Europe.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n video art
Video art
Video art is a type of art which relies on moving pictures and comprises video and/or audio data. . Video art came into existence during the 1960s and 1970s, is still widely practiced and has given rise to the widespread use of video installations...
ist who has gained worldwide acclaim for his video art, painting and photographs.
Early life
The artist was born in Sydney in 1972 and graduated from Sydney University's Sydney College of the ArtsSydney College of the Arts
The Sydney College of the Arts in Rozelle, Sydney, Australia is the visual arts faculty of the University of Sydney. It is housed in the Kirkbride complex, a cluster of sandstone buildings designed by James Barnet, the government architect in the late 19th century...
. He graduated with a Masters degree from the University of New South Wales' College of Fine Arts
College of Fine Arts
The College of Fine Arts is the creative arts faculty of the University of New South Wales and is located on Oxford Street, Paddington, Sydney, Australia.- History :...
.
Work
Gladwell is a digital artist, who skillfully combines past and present in a street manner. In art historical terms, his embodiment of physical and aesthetic risk aligns him to artists who combine sport and art.Gladwell describes his video art as “performance landscapes”, and whether they are set in rural or urban settings, they usually present a juxtaposition of the visual against the environment where it exists. He often uses filmic devices such as slow-motion and long pans to capture both tightly choreographed and improvised performances. The resulting works are surprisingly hypnotic and beautifully poetic, due to their distortion of speed, reversed gravity or overall displacement of space and time.
Gladwell exhibited his work in the Australian pavilion at the Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
in 2009.
The best examples of his video art sequences, as well as newly commissioned pieces, were presented at an exhibition located at The Australian Centre for the Moving Image, in Melbourne's Federation Square
Federation Square
Federation Square is a civic centre and cultural precinct in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
, from June 1 to August 14, 2011.
Gladwell has been exhibiting throughout Australia, the United States and Europe.
External links
- In Sight/Arts: Aussie art with a tension twist, asahi.com, Jan 26, 2007
- Exhibition review by Joanna Mendelssohn, ArtLink Vol.23; No.3
- Bio details, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
- Interview with Shaun Gladwell on The Artnewspaper.tv
- http://www.artinfo.com.au/articles/read/double-voyageReview of Double Voyage at Anna Schwartz Gallery 2008 by Tony Lloyd (Artist)Tony Lloyd (Artist)Tony Lloyd is an Australian contemporary artist. Tony was born in Melbourne Victoria. Lloyd's paintings are influenced by cinema, in particular Film Noir and Science Fiction, and the Romantic Sublime . His largely monochromatic paintings are realist in style...
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