James Dodd is a South Australian artist, arts educator and street artist who used the

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Dlux for his street art when he operated out of Melbourne.

Biography

Born in Bordertown in 1977, Dodd has a Bachelor of Visual Art and a Masters of Visual Art from the University of South Australia. Dodd teaches at Adelaide Central School of Art. As a street artist, he used the pseudonym Dlux 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.

Career

He began doing street art in

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in 1998, using

stencils Stencilling produces an image or pattern on a surface, by applying pigment to a surface through an intermediate object, with designed holes in the intermediate object, to create a pattern or image on a surface, by allowing the pigment to reach ...

to mass-produce stickers. Dodd moved to Melbourne around 2002 because of the street-art scene. 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. As Dlux, Dodd is also featured in the documentary film ''

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'' (2005), which explores the cultural value of street art in Melbourne. 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. Since then, his practice has expanded to include painting and sculpture, celebrating Australia's culture of rebellion and resistance.

Artistic style and subject

Dodd’s practice incorporates

street art Street art is visual art created in public locations for public visibility. It has been associated with the terms "independent art", "post-graffiti", "neo-graffiti" and guerrilla art. Street art has evolved from the early forms of defiant graff ...

sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

, and

painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

. His street art has been criticised for 'glamourising dangerous youth gangs'. His sculpture and paintings reflect his rural upbringing and he uses objects such as bus shelters, bicycles, and surfboards as a basis for his work. He also constructs objects such as River Cycle ('a bicycle in a tinnie'), and drawing and painting machines.

Collections

Dodd’s work is held in the following collections:
University of Queensland Art Museum
(search for James Dodd)
Australia National Maritime Museum
* National Gallery of Australia (under bot
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References

May's
Sydney. 1 April 2005. (Featured artist).

8 May 2007
National Gallery of Australia entry on DLUX
*Norman, James

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, Melbourne, Australia, 16 August 2003. It includes some information on DLUX.

External links

"Make Stencils Not War"
- a work by Dlux
Personal website''Bike powered percussion contraption'' [video
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documentary on Australian street artists which features Dodd. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dlux 1977 births 20th-century Australian artists 20th-century Australian people 21st-century Australian artists Artists from South Australia Australian graffiti artists Australian contemporary artists Living people Artists from Adelaide Australian art teachers