Ben Frost

Miss Piggy On Ozempic Blotter Paper Archival Print by Ben Frost Limited Edition Fine Art Archival Pigment Print Art on Perforated Blotter Paper. 2025 Signed & Numbered Limited Edition of TBD Archival Pigment Print on Perforated Blotter Paper Size: 7.5 x 7.5 Inches Release: April 19, 2025 Limited blotter editions are hand-perforated by Zane Kesey. Miss Piggy On Ozempic by Ben Frost: Glamour, Medication, and Street Pop Satire Miss Piggy On Ozempic Blotter Paper Archival Print by Ben Frost, released in 2025, marks another unflinching entry in the artist’s exploration of pharmaceutical aesthetics and iconic pop culture. Printed as a limited edition archival pigment work on perforated blotter paper, this 7.5 x 7.5 inch artwork puts Miss Piggy—arguably the most flamboyant and body-conscious character of the Muppets—at the center of a satirical fusion between celebrity vanity and the contemporary obsession with weight-loss medication. Miss Piggy is rendered in her classic pink glamor with her signature lashes, pearls, and sass, juxtaposed against the stark commercial design of Ozempic packaging. With references to semaglutide, prescription labels, and the inflated price of American healthcare, the work pokes at society’s increasing reliance on aesthetic pharmaceuticals. Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork Meets Medical Consumerism Ben Frost, known for his bold and controversial use of commercial packaging as visual canvas, turns pharmaceutical branding into a narrative device. With Miss Piggy as the character choice, the message becomes sharply ironic. The collision of children’s entertainment with adult insecurities about beauty, size, and control echoes throughout the composition. This piece is not just parody but visual critique, challenging the public’s relationship with health marketed as vanity and the commodification of self-worth. The format of the blotter paper, perforated and collectible, reinforces the idea of medication as a consumable culture artifact—something to be taken, divided, shared, or used for identity shaping. The Role of Feminine Icons in Street Pop Narratives Miss Piggy’s exaggerated femininity and status as a cultural diva are cleverly subverted in this composition. Her character becomes a visual metaphor for the endless pursuit of image perfection. Ben Frost’s work often questions who sets those standards and who profits from them. Here, the packaging of a once-niche diabetes medication now popularly associated with cosmetic weight loss becomes the modern-day pedestal on which icons are propped and critiqued. This collision of corporate design and animated star power builds tension between innocence and commodification, using Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork methods to satirize how quickly culture recycles its idols and issues. Blotter Medium and Psychedelic Provocation Produced in collaboration with Zane Kesey, who hand-perforated the blotter editions, the piece subtly nods to counterculture and the history of mind-altering media. While Ozempic is marketed as a drug for bodily transformation, the print format itself references altered states of awareness. The use of a pop icon like Miss Piggy elevates the print to a statement not just about beauty standards, but about consumption itself—whether it's drugs, fame, or cartoon nostalgia. Miss Piggy On Ozempic is a sharp-edged satire of cultural priorities in an era of performative wellness and image engineering. It is loud, subversive, and unmistakably Frost.

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Who Fried Roger Rabbit? Seroquel Blotter Paper Archival Print by Ben Frost Limited Edition Fine Art Archival Pigment Print Art on Perforated Blotter Paper. 2025 Signed & Numbered Limited Edition of TBD Archival Pigment Print on Perforated Blotter Paper Size: 7.5 x 7.5 Inches Release: April 19, 2025 Limited blotter editions are hand-perforated by Zane Kesey. Cartoon Madness Meets Pharmaceutical Culture Who Fried Roger Rabbit? Seroquel Blotter Paper Print by Ben Frost reimagines the iconic animated character Roger Rabbit within the framework of modern pharmaceutical branding. Released as part of Frost’s 2025 collection, this 7.5 x 7.5 inch limited edition archival pigment print on perforated blotter paper explores the collision of pop culture and medication packaging with satirical precision. Featuring the animated character smiling manically beside a Seroquel XR layout, the print is hand-perforated by Zane Kesey and produced in a signed and numbered edition. This work critiques how society normalizes mental health struggles through branding and questions how animation, nostalgia, and pharmaceuticals can coexist in a single visual message. Satirical Branding and Medicinal Irony Frost fuses Roger Rabbit’s over-the-top personality with Seroquel, a medication used to treat mood disorders, to amplify the surreal effects of overstimulation and sedation. By transforming the clinical appearance of a pharmaceutical box into a playful, chaotic canvas for a cartoon figure, Frost blurs the line between treatment and escapism. His use of quetiapine packaging language is precise, including dosage information and warnings, yet subverted by Roger Rabbit’s erratic demeanor. The underlying message reflects on how medication is commercialized in a culture that commodifies both mental illness and childhood nostalgia. Material Subversion in Blotter Format The blotter paper format is integral to the conceptual thrust of the piece. Traditionally associated with LSD distribution, blotter prints evoke a psychedelic lineage and hint at an altered perception of reality. By placing a cartoon character on a faux-medication backdrop, Frost disrupts the expectation of serious pharmaceutical design with absurdity. The perforation physically fragments the image, echoing the fragmentation of consciousness and emotion in both medicated and animated experiences. This format enables the artwork to comment simultaneously on drug culture, entertainment media, and mental health marketing. Ben Frost’s Visual Provocation Australian artist Ben Frost has made a name for himself by appropriating advertising, pharmaceutical logos, and mass-market cartoons into biting social commentary. His Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork unpacks consumer psychology through bold color, recognizable imagery, and pointed juxtapositions. Who Fried Roger Rabbit? is a standout example of this method—merging the aesthetics of childhood with the clinical detachment of adult medicalization. Frost confronts viewers with contradictions they may overlook in daily life, drawing humor and tension from the unsettling marriage of cartoon madness and prescribed stability. It’s not just visual stimulation—it’s a question wrapped in a package we’re told to trust.

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Trip A Stitch In Time EpiPen Blotter Paper Archival Print by Ben Frost Limited Edition Fine Art Archival Pigment Print Art on Perforated Blotter Paper. 2025 Signed & Numbered Limited Edition of TBD Archival Pigment Print on Perforated Blotter Paper Size: 7.5 x 7.5 Inches Release: April 19, 2025 Limited blotter editions are hand-perforated by Zane Kesey. Ben Frost's Stitch and the Prescription Rebellion Trip A Stitch In Time EpiPen Blotter Paper Archival Print by Ben Frost, released in 2025 as a limited edition pigment print on perforated blotter paper, continues the Australian street artist's sharp critique of consumerism, pharmaceutical branding, and the hijacking of pop culture. In this particular work, the animated alien Stitch is depicted in a manic outburst overlaid on EpiPen pharmaceutical packaging. Known for his unapologetic visual collisions, Ben Frost uses the raw visual energy of graffiti tactics and comic aesthetics to deliver a satirical jab at the marketing of medical dependency, while simultaneously twisting beloved childhood characters into symbols of overstimulated chaos. Street Pop Art Meets Pharmaceutical Anxiety What sets this work apart in the category of Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork is its brutal honesty in aesthetic and message. The combination of a hyperactive Stitch and the sterile typography of prescription medicine constructs an immediate visual dissonance. Stitch's feral teeth, wide eyes, and clawed hand scream in emotional excess, a stark contradiction to the controlled and impersonal design of the EpiPen label behind him. The juxtaposition acts as a metaphor for cultural burnout, the medicating of identity, and the commodification of both childhood and health. Frost’s use of blotter paper, a medium historically associated with LSD, heightens the psychedelic tone and lends another layer of commentary about societal escapism through pills, pleasure, or nostalgia. Perforation as Medium and Message The print is produced on a 7.5 x 7.5 inch perforated blotter sheet, hand-perforated by Zane Kesey, son of Ken Kesey, the cultural icon known for pioneering the psychedelic movement. This detail ties the artwork to a broader historical conversation around consciousness, art, and rebellion. In this format, the artwork becomes something to be metaphorically consumed, suggesting the idea of breaking apart sanitized narratives into fragmented truths. The perforations also echo street art’s ephemerality, its nature of being divided, destroyed, or shared. The medium is the message as much as the image, with Frost exploiting every inch of material for critical storytelling. The Power of Satirical Mutation in Urban Culture Ben Frost’s visual style often depends on mutation, appropriation, and critique, and Trip A Stitch In Time stands out for its frenzied commentary on overstimulation, identity distortion, and pharmaceutical dependence. Within the context of Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork, this piece is more than a parody of medical culture—it is an indictment of the manufactured balance society attempts to impose through pills, branding, and repackaged characters. Stitch, in this chaotic reinterpretation, becomes a monster of modern consumption, captured at the moment he breaks through the constraints of prescription labels and cartoon nostalgia to claw at something far more human—truth through madness.

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Word Games Blotter Paper Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print Art on Perforated Blotter Paper by Ben Frost pop culture LSD artwork. Australian contemporary artist Ben Frost is best known for his bold, irreverent Pop Art. His instantly recognizable take on pop culture twists up everyday iconography from the world’s biggest brands. Subverting meaning and messages from the mainstream media, Frost’s scathing commentary on advertising, entertainment, and politics is both confronting and controversial. The essence of Frost’s commentary is established on the basis of subverting the meaning and the messages, promoted by the mainstream media. In other words and, as he has stated in the past: “The less you fill your mind with the trappings of advertising and bad television, the more space you have in your brain for things of value”. At the same time, his take on modern pop culture is equally compelling. Mainstream media, advertisements, and politics can be identified as some of his main fields of interest, which he utilizes and mixes up in a controversial formation. The word controversial is not used incidentally. What Ben Frost’s art is doing is, essentially, the appropriation and weaponization of imagery against the same system that gave birth to it.

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Know Your Product Blotter Paper Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print Art on Perforated Blotter Paper by Ben Frost pop culture LSD artwork. 2020 Signed & Numbered Limited Edition of 100 Blotter Paper Print 7.5x7.5 Australian contemporary artist Ben Frost is best known for his bold, irreverent Pop Art. His instantly recognizable take on pop culture twists up everyday iconography from the world’s biggest brands. Subverting meaning and messages from the mainstream media, Frost’s scything commentary on advertising, entertainment, and politics is both confronting and controversial. The essence of Frost’s commentary is established on the basis of subverting the meaning and the messages, promoted by the mainstream media. In other words and, as he has stated in the past: “The less you fill your mind with the trappings of advertising and bad television, the more space you have in your brain for things of value”. At the same time, his take on modern pop culture is equally compelling. Mainstream media, advertisements, and politics can be identified as some of his main fields of interest, which he utilizes and mixes up in a controversial formation. The word controversial is not used incidentally. What Ben Frost’s art is doing is, essentially, the appropriation and weaponization of imagery against the same system that gave birth to it.

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Gotta Take 'Em All Blotter Paper Archival Print by Ben Frost Limited Edition Fine Art Archival Pigment Print Art on Perforated Blotter Paper. 2023 Signed & Numbered Limited Edition of 100 Archival Pigment Print on Perforated Blotter Paper Size: 7.5 x 7.5 Inches Release: April 19, 2023 Pac-Man Video Game Limited blotter editions are hand-perforated by Zane Kesey. "Gotta Take 'Em All Blotter Paper" merges the iconic imagery of the classic arcade game Pac-Man with the distinctive style of contemporary artist Ben Frost. The work is an archival pigment print on perforated blotter paper, continuing Frost's signature approach of combining pop culture elements with commentary on pharmaceuticals and drugs. This limited edition piece, signed and numbered with a release of only 100 copies, is a fine example of modern pop art and its intersection with street and graffiti art aesthetics. Released on April 19, 2023, each print measures 7.5 by 7.5 inches, symbolizing the retro video game culture and its influence on modern society. The vibrant artwork features the universally recognized yellow character, here presented with a twist, as it appears to interact with the letters "MDMA," positioned prominently in the style of a game's high score display. This is a clear nod to the contrast and conversation that Frost aims to present within the themes of playfulness and the more adult-oriented world of recreational drug use. Each piece's blotter paper is hand-perforated by Zane Kesey, echoing the artisanal quality and tying back to a history of psychedelic art linked to his father, Ken Kesey. Through this collaboration, the art not only showcases Frost's visual acumen but also respects the deeper roots of blotter art within counter-culture. The meticulous craftsmanship underscores the exclusivity of the edition, making it highly sought after by collectors and enthusiasts of both video game memorabilia and cutting-edge art. The "Gotta Take 'Em All Blotter Paper" acts as a cultural mirror, reflecting issues around the consumption and commercialization of nostalgia. Ben Frost's ability to layer themes—contrasting innocent childhood games with adult substance use—challenges the viewer to question the complexities of these intertwined worlds. In essence, this art piece captures the zeitgeist of a society grappling with the allure of digital entertainment and its contrasting realities.

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Trip Benzos Blotter Paper Archival Print by Ben Frost Limited Edition Fine Art Archival Pigment Print Art on Perforated Blotter Paper. 2025 Signed & Numbered Limited Edition of TBD Archival Pigment Print on Perforated Blotter Paper Size: 7.5 x 7.5 Inches Release: April 19, 2025 Limited blotter editions are hand-perforated by Zane Kesey. Trip Benzos by Ben Frost: Video Game Iconography Meets Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork Trip Benzos, the 2025 limited edition blotter paper print by Australian artist Ben Frost, captures the jarring collision of nostalgic culture and contemporary pharmaceutical critique through the lens of Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork. Presented as a 7.5 x 7.5 inch archival pigment print on hand-perforated blotter paper by Zane Kesey, the piece is a psychedelic reimagination of a familiar video game character altered into an anxious, grinning avatar of consumer intoxication. The warped exuberance in the expression and the bold palette reflect Frost’s trademark interrogation of media, medicine, and mind states. Pharma Satire and Pop Subversion Frost is globally recognized for repurposing icons of commercial entertainment into biting social commentary. In Trip Benzos, he adapts a beloved gaming mascot and outfits him in his raccoon-suited glory, only this time wired on hyperreality. With swirling rainbow eyes and exaggerated limbs, the figure becomes a metaphor for the synthetic highs and cartoon-fueled escapism of modern life. The word BENZOS, boldly emblazoned above, anchors the viewer in the pharmacological theme. As with Frost’s broader body of work, this piece questions the ethics of consumer culture and the thin line between fun and sedation. Visual Culture on Blotter Paper The use of perforated blotter paper is integral to the piece’s conceptual gravity. This medium, traditionally associated with LSD distribution, is reclaimed here as a legitimate fine art format. Frost’s execution is precise, colorful, and layered with irony. The print’s hallucinogenic vibrancy and the flattened graphic styling make the imagery pulse with comic intensity. Clouds and green fields provide a friendly background that contrasts starkly with the print’s title, challenging viewers to reconcile innocence with artificial euphoria. The medium becomes more than a surface—it becomes a statement on altered perception, branding, and identity. Ben Frost and the Contemporary Urban Narrative Ben Frost, based in Sydney, has cultivated an international following through works that blend corporate iconography with pop satire and graffiti aesthetics. His work often plays in public space, galleries, and now on unique substrates like blotter paper, creating dialogues between street legality, fine art, and social critique. Trip Benzos stands as an extension of Frost’s focus on pharmaceutical dependency and the cartoonification of mental health. It is a snapshot of a culture high on itself, addicted to entertainment, and medicated into smiles. This limited edition speaks with the voice of the underground while using the tools of mass marketing, a formula that defines the power and provocation of Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork.

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Happy Helmet Blotter Paper Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print Art on Perforated Blotter Paper by Ben Frost pop culture LSD artwork. Archival Pigment Print on Perforated Blotter Paper Size: 7.5 x 7.5 Inches Release: April 19, 2021 Limited blotter editions are hand-perforated by Zane Kesey & may vary slightly from the example shown. Currently exhibits locally and internationally, while his work has been presented in multiple exhibitions in the USA, Europe, and Asia. One of the first things that one notices in the art of Frost is the unconventional media and means, from traditional square-shaped canvas to cardboard boxes and from acrylic paint to aerosol spray. It is not random that a great portion of his art consists of appropriated imagery of animations, just like the Simpsons, Looney Tunes, Smurfs, Winnie the Pooh, etc., which are placed into a new artistic context, without losing their original connotations.

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Gotta Take 'Em All Blotter Paper Archival Print by Ben Frost Limited Edition Fine Art Archival Pigment Print Art on Perforated Blotter Paper. 2023 Signed & Numbered Limited Edition of 100 Archival Pigment Print on Perforated Blotter Paper Size: 7.5 x 7.5 Inches Release: April 19, 2023 Pikachu Pokemon Limited blotter editions are hand-perforated by Zane Kesey. The "Gotta Take 'Em All Blotter Paper Archival Print" by Ben Frost stands out as a distinct fusion of pop culture and fine art, encapsulated in a medium as unconventional as its visual messaging. Launched on April 19, 2023, this work is a limited edition, with only 100 signed and numbered prints available, offering a sense of exclusivity to collectors and fans of contemporary art. Measuring 7.5 x 7.5 inches, the artwork is meticulously crafted on perforated blotter paper, a nod to the artist's unique canvas choice and the potential historical context of the material's use. Ben Frost is known for his bold commentary on consumerism, blending iconic pop culture characters with themes that provoke thought on modern society's state and psyche. The image of Pikachu, the beloved Pokémon character, juxtaposed with the branding of Prozac, a well-known antidepressant, creates a striking statement on the pharmaceutical industry's role in contemporary life. It's a thought-provoking mix that confronts the viewer with the juxtaposition of innocence and the complex realities of mental health treatment. Adding to the authenticity and intricacy of the piece, each blotter is hand-perforated by Zane Kesey, suggesting meticulous attention to detail and craftsmanship. This element of human touch interplays with the mass-produced imagery of pop culture, creating a personalized and tangible connection to the art. As a topic in pop art, street art, or graffiti art, Frost's work maintains a sharp relevance. It taps into the zeitgeist of today's visual culture, stirring a dialogue that is as much about the imagery it appropriates as it is about the medium it inhabits. This piece, much like the rest of Frost's work, offers an arresting visual experience that both celebrates and critiques the pervasive nature of consumerist imagery in our daily lives. For art collectors and enthusiasts, "Gotta Take 'Em All" is not just a piece of art; it's a conversation piece that embodies the crossroads of contemporary culture, mental health, and artistic expression.

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Chips Mushroom Blotter Paper Archival Print by Ben Frost Limited Edition Fine Art Archival Pigment Print Art on Perforated Blotter Paper. 2025 Signed & Numbered Limited Edition of TBD Archival Pigment Print on Perforated Blotter Paper Size: 7.5 x 7.5 Inches Release: April 19, 2025 Limited blotter editions are hand-perforated by Zane Kesey. Chips Mushroom by Ben Frost as Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork Chips Mushroom is a vibrant 2025 blotter paper release by Australian artist Ben Frost, executed as a limited edition archival pigment print on hand-perforated blotter paper. The piece is a psychedelic explosion of color and character, transforming two chipmunk-style cartoon figures into glowing avatars of trippy mischief. The characters embrace a massive mushroom with hypnotic joy, their candy-colored eyes swirling in sync with the red, yellow, and blue pulsations radiating through the background. Released on April 19, 2025 and perforated by Zane Kesey, the artwork is part of Frost’s continuing exploration of pharmaceutical satire, cartoon nostalgia, and drug culture iconography—filtered through the visual language of Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork. The Visual Style and Commentary of Ben Frost Ben Frost, born in Australia, is known internationally for his provocative works that remix corporate branding, medication packaging, and pop culture icons with subversive intent. He draws heavily from graffiti aesthetics, advertisement design, and comic art, twisting their purpose to expose the absurdities of consumption and identity. In Chips Mushroom, he collides the aesthetics of children's cartoons with drug symbolism, using hyper-expressive chipmunks and a towering mushroom to provoke a layered visual response. The piece walks a line between euphoric fantasy and sensory overload, challenging how innocence and escapism are sold and interpreted in media and marketing. The exaggerated features and blissful daze of the characters hint at both chemical surrealism and the performative bliss of consumer culture. Blotter Paper as Medium and Message Printing Chips Mushroom on perforated blotter paper is not a gimmick—it is a conscious, culturally loaded choice. Blotter paper has long been associated with the psychedelic counterculture of the 1960s and beyond, often used as a delivery method for LSD. By using it as the canvas, Frost recontextualizes his cartoon-laced satire into a physical object that evokes altered perception, rebellion, and the boundary-pushing roots of graffiti art. The small grid squares also echo the building blocks of digital pixel art and the modular logic of pharmaceuticals, reinforcing the connections between microdosing, consumerism, and branding. It is both a print and a conceptual time bomb—an art object that challenges the viewer before it even speaks. Cartoon Characters as Agents of Disruption The use of chipmunk-like characters pulling ecstatically at a colossal mushroom isn't simply a tribute to animation nostalgia. In the framework of Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork, these creatures become symbols of rebellion, fantasy, and hallucination. Their exaggerated grins and kaleidoscopic eyes bring the influence of underground comics and urban tagging culture into collision with drug references and psychedelic art history. Much like other Frost works that utilize pop mascots in disturbing or ecstatic ways, Chips Mushroom relies on innocence warped by excess. The playful format becomes a tool to decode addiction, pleasure, and capitalist spectacle—all while holding fast to the vibrant, rule-breaking DNA of street art.

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1984 Blotter Paper Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print Art on Perforated Blotter Paper by Ben Frost pop culture LSD artwork. Archival Pigment Print on Perforated Blotter Paper Size: 7.5 x 7.5 Inches Release: April 19, 2021 Limited blotter editions are hand-perforated by Zane Kesey & may vary slightly from the example shown. The essence of Frost’s commentary is established on the basis of subverting the meaning and the messages, promoted by the mainstream media. In other words and, as he has stated in the past: “The less you fill your mind with the trappings of advertising and bad television, the more space you have in your brain for things of value”. At the same time, his take on modern pop culture is equally compelling. Mainstream media, advertisements, and politics can be identified as some of his main fields of interest, which he utilizes and mixes up in a controversial formation. The word controversial is not used incidentally. What Ben Frost’s art is doing is, essentially, the appropriation and weaponization of imagery against the same system that gave birth to it.

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Speedy On Adderall Blotter Paper Archival Print by Ben Frost Limited Edition Fine Art Archival Pigment Print Art on Perforated Blotter Paper. 2023 Signed & Numbered Limited Edition of 100 Archival Pigment Print on Perforated Blotter Paper Size: 7.5 x 7.5 Inches Release: April 19, 2023 Speedy Gonzales Looney Tunes Limited blotter editions are hand-perforated by Zane Kesey. The "Speedy On Adderall Blotter Paper Archival Print" is another provocative piece by contemporary artist Ben Frost, known for his critical and vibrant works that often incorporate elements of pop culture and consumerism. Released alongside its counterpart on April 19, 2023, this limited edition piece similarly presents a stark commentary on the intersection of medication, in this case, Adderall, and cartoon characters, with Speedy Gonzales of Looney Tunes fame taking the spotlight. Limited to a mere 100 signed and numbered editions, this artwork is printed on 7.5 x 7.5 inches perforated blotter paper, a material choice that is emblematic of Frost's distinctive approach to art creation. The medium is particularly notable for its historical association with the distribution of substances, thereby intensifying the print's dialogue about pharmaceutical consumption and its prevalence in society. Speedy Gonzales, the "fastest mouse in all Mexico," is a fitting character for this work, bringing into focus the drug's intended effects on attention and speed of cognitive processes. By placing this animated icon on a background that mimics a prescription for Adderall, a medication used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy, Frost not only showcases his hallmark juxtaposition of innocence with more adult themes but also casts a light on the sometimes frivolous use of prescription stimulants in today's fast-paced lifestyle. Each print is hand-perforated by Zane Kesey, adding a layer of authenticity and craft that contrasts with the otherwise mass-produced nature of the subjects depicted. In the realms of pop, street, and graffiti art, Frost's work is both a critique and a celebration of the culture it represents. This piece, much like other works by the artist, invites viewers to question the narratives fed to us by the media and pharmaceutical companies and encourages a dialogue on the cultural implications of these narratives. "Speedy On Adderall" is more than just a piece of fine art; it is a cultural statement, encapsulating concerns about mental health, the ethics of drug use, and the pervasive nature of animated characters in shaping our understanding of the world. Collectors and enthusiasts who acquire this print not only get a unique piece of art but also engage with the broader conversations that are central to Frost's artistic agenda.

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Just One More Bump Blotter Paper Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print Art on Perforated Blotter Paper by Ben Frost pop culture LSD artwork. Archival Pigment Print on Perforated Blotter Paper Size: 7.5 x 7.5 Inches Release: April 19, 2021 Limited blotter editions are hand-perforated by Zane Kesey & may vary slightly from the example shown. Ben Frost is utilizing imagery familiar to western culture in order to make a statement about the culture itself on the basis of consumerism, modern icons, big corporations, etc. Animation characters, pop icons, brand logos, and many more are transformed into vibrant artworks and find their place in galleries. With this in mind, and in the case of Ben Frost, it is futile to try to identify a clear borderline between low and high art. In reality, the artist wants the audience to think on the terms of high or low value and, by extension, what these actually mean. Over the years street artists have managed to establish themselves as respected creators and some of them have even gained international fame, transforming graffiti from a fringe art, aiming sometimes to mark street gangs’ territory, into big business.

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Cialis Le Pew Blotter Paper Archival Print by Ben Frost Limited Edition Fine Art Archival Pigment Print Art on Perforated Blotter Paper. 2025 Signed & Numbered Limited Edition of TBD Archival Pigment Print on Perforated Blotter Paper Size: 7.5 x 7.5 Inches Release: April 19, 2025 Limited blotter editions are hand-perforated by Zane Kesey. Pharmaceutical Aesthetics and Cartoon Satire Cialis Le Pew by Ben Frost brings together cartoon absurdity and adult pharmaceutical branding in a limited edition archival blotter paper print released in 2025. Known for his provocative Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork, Frost takes viewers on a subversive ride by merging the suggestive character of Pepé Le Pew with the visual identity of Cialis, a well-known medication for erectile dysfunction. Printed on 7.5 x 7.5 inch perforated blotter paper and hand-perforated by Zane Kesey, this piece sits at the intersection of consumer critique and visual comedy. With bold linework and an unmistakable pharmaceutical color scheme, Frost uses satire to expose the contradictions of health, desire, and fantasy in commercial culture. Reinterpreting Brand Messaging Through Street Pop Ben Frost’s work frequently co-opts the visual language of consumer goods, particularly those related to pharmaceuticals and fast food. In this print, the formal structure of a Cialis package is preserved: dosage information, branding, and corporate insignia are all present. But the addition of Pepé Le Pew lounging provocatively transforms the message entirely. The piece is not about medical treatment—it becomes a conversation on romantic projection, toxic masculinity, and mass-market seduction. Frost intentionally plays with taboos by inserting a controversial cartoon figure into the branding of a real-world medication, using humor as a mechanism for cultural interrogation. Blotter Format as Conceptual Canvas The decision to present this print on perforated blotter paper deepens the commentary. Traditionally associated with psychedelic culture, blotter art has been a platform for anti-establishment graphics since the 1960s. In this format, Frost’s image carries connotations of altered states, drug dependency, and societal disillusionment. The material becomes a message in itself, encouraging viewers to consider how they consume information, media, and identity. The perforations serve not just as a nod to underground drug culture but as a device that dismantles the sterile clinical distance of pharmaceutical packaging. Ben Frost and the Language of Visual Irony Ben Frost, an Australian contemporary artist, has made a career out of weaponizing logos, mascots, and visual trademarks. Through satirical juxtaposition, he addresses addiction, overconsumption, and the contradictions of modern branding. With Cialis Le Pew, he continues this trajectory by turning a prescription drug box into a visual metaphor for desire and farce. The artwork challenges the passive viewer, inviting questions about how intimacy and commodification intersect. It is both a punchline and a statement—a collision of cartoon innocence and adult marketing that leaves a lasting visual impact.

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