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James Dodd aka Dlux
Born
James Dodd

1977 (age 46–47)
Bordertown,South Australia
NationalityAustralian
EducationUniversity of South Australia
Known forPainting,Sculpture,Street art
WebsitePersonal website

James Doddis a South Australian artist, arts educator and street artist who used thepseudonymDluxfor his street art when he operated out of Melbourne.[1]

Biography

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Born inBordertownin 1977,[2]Dodd has a Bachelor of Visual Art and a Masters of Visual Art from the University of South Australia.[3]Dodd teaches atAdelaide Central School of Art.[4]As a street artist, he used the pseudonym Dlux[5]and was one of a group of street artists who considered legal action against the National Gallery of Australia when it failed to pay them in a timely manner for their works.[6]

Career

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He began doing street art inAdelaidein 1998, usingstencilsto mass-produce stickers.[7]Dodd moved to Melbourne around 2002 because of the street-art scene.[8]As Dlux, Dodd was a powerful presence on the Melbourne streets but also undertook a large amount of gallery work, and his stencils were always very politically motivated.[9]As Dlux, Dodd is also featured in the documentary filmRash(2005), which explores the cultural value of street art in Melbourne.[10]

He was one of the most active street artists in Melbourne but returned to Adelaide to undertake further studies (Masters in Visual Art, University of South Australia.[11]Since then, his practice has expanded to include painting and sculpture, celebrating Australia's culture of rebellion and resistance.[12]

Artistic style and subject

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Dodd’s practice incorporatesstreet art,[13]sculpture,andpainting.His street art has been criticised for 'glamourising dangerous youth gangs'.[14]His sculpture and paintings reflect his rural upbringing[15]and he uses objects such as bus shelters,[16]bicycles,[17]and surfboards[18]as a basis for his work. He also constructs objects such as River Cycle ('a bicycle in a tinnie'),[19]and drawing[20]and painting machines.[21]

Collections

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Dodd’s work is held in the following collections:

Further reading

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  • Bellamy, Louise. (16 March 2014).Art collectors swap Nolan and Whiteley for street art.The Sydney Morning Herald.
  • Bilske, Maria. (2000-2001). Gleam.Eyeline,Vol. 44, Summer: 46.
  • Dodd, James. (2014) Future hardware wildstyle.Artlink,Vol. 34, No. 1, Mar: 40-42.
  • Hansen, N. (2006). "Rash": Street Art and Social Dialogue.Metro,(151), 80–83.
  • Radok, Stephanie. (2007). Parkside nomadic group moves inland 4 winter; Years without magic; Speakeasy.Artlink,Vol. 27, No. 3, Sep: 95.

See also

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References

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  1. ^Smallman, Jake; Nyman, Carl (2005).Stencil graffiti capital: Melbourne.Mark Batty.ISBN9780976224532.OCLC185291657.
  2. ^Binks, Vanessa (18 May 2018)."Problem-solving farmer helps spur artist's vision".Stock Journal.Retrieved8 March2019.
  3. ^MacDonald, Logan (2014).James Dodd: Sabotage.Parkside, SA: Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia. p. 45.ISBN9781875751006.OCLC886716671.
  4. ^"James Dodd".Adelaide Central School of Art.13 September 2018.Retrieved8 March2019.
  5. ^Schwartzkoff, Louise (9 October 2010). "Off the wall".Sydney Morning Herald.
  6. ^Crawford, Ashley (9 May 2007)."Stencil art world draws the line".The Age.Retrieved8 March2019.
  7. ^Smallman, Jake; Nyman, Carl (2005).Stencil graffiti capital: Melbourne.Mark Batty.ISBN9780976224532.OCLC185291657.
  8. ^"Interview - DLUX - James Dodd".INVURT.14 May 2014.
  9. ^Smallman, Jake; Nyman, Carl (2005).Stencil graffiti capital: Melbourne.Mark Batty.ISBN9780976224532.OCLC185291657.
  10. ^Rash(2005) – documentary film about Melbourne street art and graffiti.Official website
  11. ^Dodd, James (2009)."Dirty words: a study of urban text-based interventions".University of South Australia.Retrieved15 March2019.
  12. ^MacDonald, Logan (2014).James Dodd: Sabotage.Parkside, SA: Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia. p. 45.ISBN9781875751006.OCLC886716671.
  13. ^"In from the cold".Canberra Times.22 November 2010.
  14. ^Devlin, Rebekah; Rowe, Elizabeth; Leslie-Allen, Gretta (10 August 2004). "'Gang' art stirs emotions ". The Advertiser (Adelaide).
  15. ^Hender, Sarah (30 July 2016). "Art that cells". The Advertiser (Adelaide).
  16. ^Heagney, Din (2013)."James Dodd the colonial bus stop".Artlink Magazine.32(3): 23.Retrieved8 March2019.
  17. ^Fisher, Laura (1 March 2016)."The bicycle as dissident object".Artlink Magazine.Retrieved8 March2019.
  18. ^Lloyd, Tim (22 November 2004). "Cleaning up the sea". The Advertiser (Adelaide).
  19. ^"River Cycle".Vitalstatistix.2018.Retrieved8 March2019.
  20. ^Bond, Caleb (18 July 2018). "Machines meet art in inaugural grants". CoastCity Weekly.
  21. ^Pierce, Julianne (5 March 2018)."Meet Your Maker: James Dodd".wellmade.com.au.Retrieved8 March2019.
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