Ben Frost — Supermarket Sweep at No Walls, Brighton

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Throwaway Remarks

Scavenger Ben Frost is a master at making his point on consumer culture...

One thing is for sure, Australian pop artist Ben Frost isn’t going to run out of his particular type of canvas any time soon. The more we buy, the more packaging we throw out, and the more we throw out, the more there is for Frost to pick up and use in his consumer commentary artwork. In his practice, trash is treasure; discarded packaging is the base onto which Frost applies a layer of snark in the form of found imagery, sometimes sympathetic, but often incongruous, humorous, sexually-charged.

Frost seems to have an inexhaustible hunger for McDonald’s fries; the red boxes are a favourite medium, and form a large part of the artist’s latest collection Supermarket Sweep. They are the perfect symbol of disposable, fast food culture, and are a handy shape and colour with which to make a sharply-observed point. A whole series of disillusioned, frightened and exploited faces stare out from the golden arched wrappers, succinctly criticising everything from worker’s pay and conditions through gender politics and lots and lots of sex. Others are just plain goofy, see: He Didn’t Care Much For Cereal. Brighton gallery No Walls is hosting from 2 August to 23 August.

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Ben Frost — Supermarket Sweep at No Walls, Brighton

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Chocolate Pocky

Ben Frost — Supermarket Sweep at No Walls, Brighton

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Takeout

Ben Frost — Supermarket Sweep at No Walls, Brighton

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Crosswords

Ben Frost — Supermarket Sweep at No Walls, Brighton

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Frosted Cheerios

Ben Frost — Supermarket Sweep at No Walls, Brighton

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Minimum Wage

Ben Frost — Supermarket Sweep at No Walls, Brighton

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Strawberry Pocky

Ben Frost — Supermarket Sweep at No Walls, Brighton

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He Didn’t Care Much For Cereal

Ben Frost — Supermarket Sweep at No Walls, Brighton

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The Taste

Ben Frost — Supermarket Sweep at No Walls, Brighton

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Giant Nugget

Ben Frost — Supermarket Sweep at No Walls, Brighton

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Feeding Time