Kill Me | Ben Frost
Kill Me | Ben Frost
YEAR: 2018
CLASSIFICATION: Limited edition
MEDIUM/MATERIALS: Acrylic and glitter on canvas
FRAMED: black wood
CATEGORIES: Graffiti and Street Art / Figurative Art / Pop and Contemporary Pop / Cultural Commentary / Bright and Vivid Colors
DIMENSIONS: 29 9/10 × 29 9/10 in - 76 × 76 cm
EDITIONS: Edition 4/5
SIGNATURE: hand-signed, hand-dated, and hand-numbered on the back
Ben Frost is an Australian artist known for his kaleidoscopic Pop Art, his composite paintings inspired by all the art fields including graffiti, collage art, photorealism and lettering.
His most representative artworks show emblematic comics characters like Mickey Mouse, the Simpson’s or Sponge Bob affixed to medicine boxes prescripting opiates or antidepressant. The contrast between those two worlds creates an audacious visual concept, perhaps almost controversial, highlighted by the bright colors used by the artist.
His work has been exhibited for more than 15 years in Australia and abroad, notably in London, New York, Sydney, Los Angeles, Toronto, Singapore, Miami, Turin, Thailand and San Francisco, as well as in grouped exhibitions in Beijing, Mongolia, Amsterdam, Berlin and in the US. His work has been presented on the BBC channel, in the Wall Street Journal, in Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar magazines.
He currently lives in Melbourne, Australia