Apologies to roadkill

From a video lament, to a comic spin on The Last Supper, this exhibition rethinks the physical and psychological reaction Australians have to roadkill.
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Shaun Gladwell’s Apologies 1-6 (2007-09); Still from single- channel HD video; courtesy the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne.

You wouldn’t be Australian ​if you didn’t know what roadkill was. It’s as much a part of the Australian landscape as Frederick McCubbin’s pioneers on a wallaby track or Russell Drysdale’s dusty streetscape of Sofala.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina