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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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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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Art galleries, shops/galleries, and museums that we like, organized thus:

New York (Brooklyn, New York City, etc.)

Northern California (Oakland, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose, etc.)

Southern California (Los Angeles, etc.)

Elsewhere in the U.S. (Listed by state, alphabetically)

International (Listed by country, alphabetically)

 To submit your gallery for our guide, please send the following information to katie@juxtapoz.com
Gallery name, URL, street address including city, state, country, postal code, and phone number.