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/

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

TRAM

My mate Simon and I were invited by a beer company to make an ad for them.
It's been printed really big and slapped on a tram that's running in Melbourne and a bus in Sydney. We had fun - it was a great opportunity to experiment with something of this scale. Here's a little trailer...

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KING ADZ - STREET KNOWLEDGE

My pommie mate King Adz has been up to his usual business.
His latest publication is a bible of all things street culture from across the globe.
It features a number of Australian artists, myself included.





You can buy it here...

INSANE IN THE LANE

Some shots from my recent solo exhibition at Lindberg Contemporary Art, Melbourne.
This project was made possible with support from the Helpmann Academy.