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Sydney artist Ben Frost is most well known for his confronting and often controversial Pop Art paintings. Using a collage style of unlikely juxtapositions, his artworks are complex mash-ups of popular culture that poke fun at our media and advertising obsessed society. He enjoys playing with his punk band Danger of Death and spending time with his pet beagle 'Bowie'.
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LOST IN THE SUPERMARKET
A NEW SOLO EXHIBITION BY BEN FROST
OPENING THURSDAY NOVEMBER 26TH, 6 - 8 PM 


Boutwell Draper Gallery - 82 George St, Redfern, Sydney, Australia
www.boutwelldrapergallery.com.au

Exhibition continues until December 17th.

You can preview some of the work HERE 


'No Answer'
Acrylic on Board, 1.5m x 1.2m


'Welcome To Springfield'
acrylic and aerosol on board
1m x 1m


'American Business'
Acrylic and Aerosol on board
1.2m x 90cm


'Reduce Speed'
Acrylic on found metal Road Sign
90cm x 60cm 

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i have some work in this AMAZING new group exhibition opening in NY on the 21st of November

 


BROOKLYNITE GALLERY PRESENTS "GO GET YOUR SHINEBOX"---featuring over 100 international artists trying to survive in this economic climate

November 21 - December 19, 2009

OPENING RECEPTION Nov. 21,2009,  7:00-10:00 PM.

BROOKLYNITE GALLERY HOURS: Thursday - Saturday 1:00pm-7:00pm or by appointment
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What does it mean for an artist to “survive” in a tough economic climate? Can 
business ever be “bad” for a diligently working artist? Making an honest living 
---in a group show like NO OTHER, these artists, some legendary and some 
suitably hungry, will dissolve the line between utility and luxury for an exhibition 
entitled, "GO GET YOUR SHINEBOX".

If you’ve spent time in a "third world country", you’ve had a chance to see kids 
carrying ingeniously designed work boxes, set up for shinning shoes. We find 
that the variety and exuberance of these objects perfectly captures our world 
climate.

With the global economic downturn and the hardship it has caused blue-collar 
workers throughout, we find it fitting to explore theworld’s simplest way to make 
a living— SHINNING SHOES. We are planning an exhibition around just that-- 
SHOESHINE BOXES.

However a "SHOESHINE BOX" should not be taken in the most literal sense of 
the words. These objects, our inspiration, have all been created out of necessity- 
a need to earn money, or further, to survive. We push “the need to survive” beyond 
its literal context, commissioning our favorite established and emerging artists to 
design their own, "SURVIVAL BOXES".

A shoeshine box is a medium, a framework, the boundaries of which have not 
been pushed ...'til now.

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For a list of artists and a sneak peak at some of the "Survival Objects" click here:
 
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Ben Frost and Flutter Lyon have recently collaborated on a 9 metre paste-up wall work in the recording and mixing area of Australian recording studio, Studios 301. You can see it below > stay tuned for a mega launch party coming up in early 2010, get ready for some crazy art/noise/dance/chill/sun/boys/girls and some good looking walls >>

photos by flutter lyon via view of courage

studio 301 is a recording and mixing studio in sydney that has hosted just about every major musical person you can think of.













 

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Last week I featured on the popular (sic) reality TV program 'The Apprentice' - (the Australian Version).  Here's a part synopsis of the episode from wotnews.com.au :

Ben Frost On The Apprentice Australia

 .. but like manna from the Television Gods the previews for next week's episode finds the over-zealous suits drudging through local art squat Hibernian House, the live-work space of a variety of artists including Ben Frost who rightfully calls two contestants a "comedy act". 

the short 30 second preview/commercial for the episode can be viewed HERE

you can watch the whole episode (epidode 7)  HERE

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I've made a new painting for this group show..
It is deliciously obscene
 
Ben Frost, Joseph Allen Shea, Lorin Askill, Edward Woodley, Ozzie Wright, Andy Uprock, Numskull, Justin Williams, Luka DuChateau, Andrew Gordon, Mike Bennett, Mark Alsweiler, Nathan Lewis, Kyle Montgomery, Mark Drew, Aldous Massie, Sam Stephenson, Mitchell Ferrie, Hank&Matlok, Cockface, Jedda Daisy and Kiss Kiss.

The ORGY opens 6:30pm, Thursday 5th November, please feel free to come join in and be part of this rather glorious orgiastic collection of art all bundled together for everyones pleasure. 

Palmer Projects Gallery 2/238 Palmer Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney Australia 
www.palmerprojects.com.au  

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