Is anybody going to pick this one up/Youtube it?
The picture made it look like him freestyling in front of some waves.
Shaun Gladwell skate DVD worth up to $90,000
A FIVE-minute DVD of a lone man skateboarding against an angry sky at Bondi Beach will be the first digital video artwork to be auctioned in Australia.
The artwork, titled Storm Sequence, by Sydney artist Shaun Gladwell, is estimated by Sotheby's to fetch between $70,000 and $90,000 when auctioned on August 27.
Storm Sequence, which was shot in 2000, shows Gladwell making moves on his skateboard against the backdrop of a stormy ocean.
The action is slowed by 40 per cent, giving the video a poetic appearance.
Gladwell, 34, was born in Auburn and has risen to become one of Australia's most celebrated contemporary artists.
Storm Sequence is currently showing as part of the Venice Biennale in Italy, and Gladwell has shown his work all over the world.
He's come a long way since 2003 when he won the Liverpool City Art Prize for a work under $1000.
Storm Sequence came into being after Sydney collector Peter Fay noticed Gladwell's student work and offered him "a woefully small amount" to go off and make something exciting.
Mr Fay said he was shocked when Gladwell, who was then a painter, came back with a video work, which was filmed by Techa Noble and set to music by Kazumichi Grime.
The video was transferred to DVD.
Four master copies and an artist's proof were made of Storm Sequence.
Because these should never be played, each was accompanied by a "player" copy.
All five sets were signed by Gladwell and presented in boxes he made himself, which is what makes them so valuable.
In 2003, one of the copies was sold by Gladwell's dealer, Sherman Galleries, for $3000.
In 2005, it sold privately for $65,000 and on-sold in 2006 for $85,000.
Gladwell was "the modern-day Whiteley", in that his work reflected our times, art adviser Annette Larkin said.
The auction will be in Melbourne.