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THE REST IS SILENCE - DEATH BE KIND

This work, Undead Drover, completed last year as part of a residency at Fremantle Art Centre, has been selected to be part of an exhibition examining the use of skulls as a motif at Death Be Kind, 134 Lygon St, East Brunswick, Melbourne. The work is 91 x 101cm.

On show until December 11.

More details here - http://www.deathbekind.com/

CITY OF WHYALLA ART PRIZE FINALIST

This work, Face, has been included in the selection of finalists for this year's City of Whyalla Art Prize. The work is 91 x 101cm.

TENNANT CREEK MURAL WORKSHOPS VID

Here's a little vid from the last part of my recent Top End tour...

TOP END TOUR 2011 - PART 10

The final stage of my Top End work was two and a half week stint working in Tennant Creek. This was organised by Barkly Regional Arts, with funding from the Coca Cola Foundation. During my stay I worked primarily with groups from the Tennant Creek High School as well as sessions with STEPS training and Youthlinx. I worked closely with Tristan Duggie, a young local teacher and artist to train him in stencil and mural processes. Together with the other participants we were able to complete a number of murals in the town, adding a whole bunch of colour and vibrancy.

The project also included Adelaide artist Nish Cash working in the community for a similar period of time. Here are some shots of an impromptu collaborative wall that we painted together. Big thanks goes out to George and Efsta from the Tennant Creek Emporium who donated wall space to the project.

TOP END TOUR 2011 - PART 9

One of the outcomes of the workshops was a snake mural painted just off of the main drag of Tennant Creek. We were fortunate to have a smaller wall at the rear of STEPS training centre to be able to do a little test run. Here are some shots taken during development, some of the wall painting process and a shot of the otherwise drab beginnings of the site.

TOP END TOUR 2011 - PART 8

Here are some shots of the completed snake mural..

TOP END TOUR 2011 - PART 7

One of the major outcomes for the Tennant Creek High School Group was a mural for the exterior of the local swimming pool. The underwater theme was an easy choice. We also completed a smaller scale version of this mural at the High School as a bit of a warm up.

Here are some action shots.

TOP END TOUR 2011 - PART 6

This is the completed Tennant Creek Pool mural...

TOP END TOUR 2011 - PART 5

During a few short after school sessions Benzo and I got a handful of enthusiastic kids to paint up a new drop in centre in Yirrkala, just out of Nhulunbuy, on the Northeast corner of Arnhem Land. Scroll down to see a couple of shots of the building before its makeover. Big thanks goes out to all the mob at East Arnhem Shire Council, Yirrkala Craft Shop and all of the local community for their support.

TOP END TOUR 2011 - PART 4

A few shots of the finished building...

TOP END TOUR 2011 - PART 3

I added a little parrotfish added to the Angurugu school grounds...

TOP END TOUR 2011 - PART 2

Here's a few shots of the finshed mural at Angurugu School, Groote Eylandt -
Massive thanks goes out to all the Groote crew who leant a hand to this one!

TOP END TOUR 2011

During October and November of 2011 I will be travelling throughout Australia's Northern Territory doing a few workshops with community centres and schools. I will be working with Angurugu School on Groote Eylandt, Yirrkala Art Centre in East Arnhem Land and Barkly Arts Centre in Tennant Creek.

Here are a few shots of hanging out with the students at Angurugu, sharing some stencil skills and gearing them up to paint a mural in their school.

You can see a couple more pics on the Angurugu School blog by clicking here..

AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF WORTHINESS

Over the last week I've been working with the lovely Emma Beech and Tessa Leong on a project at Port Adelaide. We've been developing a live performance from locals responses to the question "What makes your day worth it?" The show begins this Thursday eve as part of the Port Festival.
You can check out a few of the things that we've been up to here-

http://bureauofworthiness.wordpress.com/

PACFIC RIFF REVIEW

Another review of my recent show, Pacifc Riff, held at Lindberg Galleries, Melbourne.
http://deadhareartreview.blogspot.com/2011/09/review-pacific-riff-james-dodd.html

PACIFIC RIFF, AGE REVIEW, SAT 17TH 2011

And here's a few install shots....

SAIL PAINTING VIDEO

Here is a little video that shows the making of some work that will appear in my upcoming show.
PACIFIC RIFF opens Friday the 2nd of September at Lindberg Galleries, Melbourne.

JAMES DODD – SEPTEMBER NEWS 2011

I will be sharing some artwork soon via a couple of exhibitions. Some of the work is old, some of it recent and some of it hot off the press! If you’re in Melbourne or Adelaide you can see some work in the flesh…

SPACE INVADERS
RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
Opens Thu 1st of September, until 5th of November
Curated by the National Gallery of Australia, Space Invaders presents a collection of examples of early stencils, stickers and zines representative of the developing stages of Australia’s fine street art culture. Having been presented in Canberra and Brisbane, the exhibition continues its tour in Melbourne.

SPACE INVADERS @ RMIT LINK

PACIFIC RIFF
Lindberg Contemporary, Melbourne
Opens Fri 2nd of September, until 1st of October
This solo exhibition is my second with Lindberg Contemporary. The work that I have produced represents a return to stencil driven outcomes. Encompassing experiments that link the work to ongoing investigations, the show consists of a number of installed and painted works executed over the last 6 months. Shots will be online here after the show has opened.

LINDBERG GALLERY LINK




HUGO MICHELL GROUP SHOW
Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
Opens Thu 15th of September, until 20th October
I will be presenting a suite of works completed last year during my residency at Fremantle Art Centre. I am quite excited to give the works their first showing outside of W.A. Paul Sloan and Matthys Gerber will also be exhibiting in this show.

HUGO MICHELL GALLERY LINK