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3 artworks

  • Four Tablets Daily Archival Print by Ben Frost

    Ben Frost Four Tablets Daily Archival Print by Ben Frost

    Four Tablets Daily Archival Print by Ben Frost Limited Edition on 310gsm Canson Cotton Rag Photographique Fine Art Paper Pop Graffiti Street Artist Modern Artwork. 2024 Signed & Numbered Print Limited Edition of 15 Artwork Size 11.7x11.7 Archival Pigment Fine Art Woman on a Pharmaceutical Package For Ritalin 10. Pharmaceutical Packaging as a Canvas in Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork Four Tablets Daily by Australian artist Ben Frost stands as a vivid and biting example of contemporary Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork. Executed as an archival pigment print on 310gsm Canson Cotton Rag Photographique paper, this 2024 limited edition artwork boldly merges the aesthetics of commercial pharmaceuticals with classic pop imagery. Frost’s distinctive style blends sleek, advertising-inspired visuals with themes of consumption, identity, and the numbing effects of modern medicine. Here, the artist uses an actual pharmaceutical box for Ritalin 10 as the foundation, transforming it into an ironic and haunting portrait of modern dependency and beauty ideals. The Fusion of Consumer Culture and Artistic Commentary Ben Frost, known for appropriating packaging, logos, and cultural symbols, uses this work to confront society’s relationship with prescription drugs and mass media. The print features the stylized face of a woman, her blue eyes and red lips reminiscent of mid-century comic book heroines, wrapped across the geometric restrictions of pharmaceutical packaging. The juxtaposition between her sensual, constructed gaze and the clinical language of Ritalin prescription labeling evokes tension between artificial pleasure and medical control. With the original packaging’s text left mostly intact, Frost allows the artwork to retain its original context—making the viewer uncomfortably aware that this isn’t just art, it’s also an artifact of real-world usage. Limited Edition Fine Art Meets Graffiti Pop Satire Printed in a highly exclusive edition of only 15 pieces, each one is signed and numbered by the artist. The dimensions of 11.7 x 11.7 inches make it a compact yet powerful artwork that distills Frost’s visual commentary into a sharp, satirical square. By using archival pigment methods on museum-grade cotton paper, the piece elevates the ephemeral nature of consumerism and street-level commentary into lasting fine art. The print exists at the intersection of collectible contemporary art and critical protest, channeling energy from both the gallery and the street. Ben Frost’s Distinct Role in Modern Pop and Graffiti Art Ben Frost is a Sydney-based street pop artist who has gained global recognition for his relentless critique of pop culture, pharmaceuticals, and consumer branding. His works have been exhibited in cities including London, New York, and Tokyo, and have become synonymous with post-pop critique. In Four Tablets Daily, Frost solidifies his place in contemporary graffiti pop art by weaponizing familiar formats and reshaping them into biting societal reflections. This piece, like much of his work, blurs the line between gallery presentation and street-level confrontation, forcing viewers to question their habits, their dependencies, and the carefully packaged visuals they consume daily.

    $550.00

  • Feeling Down Charlie Brown Archival Print by Ben Frost

    Ben Frost Feeling Down Charlie Brown Archival Print by Ben Frost

    Feeling Down Charlie Brown Archival Print by Ben Frost Limited Edition on 310gsm Cotton Photographique Fine Art Paper Pop Graffiti Street Art Artist Modern Artwork. 2023 Signed & Numbered Print Limited Edition of 25 Artwork Size 11.7x11.7 Archival Pigment Fine Art by Ben Frost Drawing from a rich pop art tradition, artist Ben Frost pays homage to artists like Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol by employing mass-produced images from advertising and media. However, what sets him apart is the gritty and raw energy in his work, often inspired by the rebellious and ephemeral nature of street art and graffiti. With a palette that’s as vibrant as it is challenging, his art creates a dialogue between the polished facade of consumer products and the grim realities they often mask. Through his jarring compositions, Frost raises questions about the nature of modern society, the pervasiveness of advertising, and the commodification of culture and identity. His bold, confrontational style makes him an important figure in the contemporary art world, and his works are revered by collectors and art enthusiasts worldwide.

    $621.00

  • Goof Ball Archival Print by Ben Frost

    Ben Frost Goof Ball Archival Print by Ben Frost

    Goof Ball Archival Print by Ben Frost Limited Edition on 310gsm Cotton Photographique Fine Art Paper Pop Graffiti Street Art Artist Modern Artwork. 2023 Signed & Numbered Print Limited Edition of 25 Artwork Size 11.7x11.7 Archival Pigment Fine Art by Ben Frost Ben Frost is an Australian artist whose oeuvre is a scintillating fusion of pop art, street art, and graffiti art. Renowned for his visually striking and thought-provoking pieces, Frost’s work often incorporates iconic imagery from mainstream media and consumer culture. His subversive art is characterized by the juxtaposition of these symbols with themes of excess, addiction, and the superficiality and wastefulness of consumer culture. Infused with a critical edge and often laced with dark humor, his paintings, prints, and installations defy conventional aesthetics and present a chaotic and relentless assault on the senses. Goof Ball Archival Print by Ben Frost is an exemplary representation of the mélange between pop art and street art that has been taking the art world by storm. Ben Frost, an Australian artist renowned for his juxtaposition of commercial imagery and his own iconic style, often draws inspiration from the relentless bombardment of visual stimuli that constitutes the modern world. He has a predilection for utilizing vibrant colors and satirical commentary, which can be seen in the Goof Ball Archival Print. This piece specifically combines the aesthetic sensibilities of pop art, a movement characterized by its fascination with popular culture and consumer goods, with the edgy, raw, and often subversive nature of street art. Frost's Goof Ball Archival Print is captivating in its visual immediacy and use of iconic characters and logos. The inclusion of popular cultural symbols makes it relatable, while its brazen critique of consumer culture, inherent in the juxtapositions, lends it a certain depth. With the audacious strokes reminiscent of graffiti art, the work strikes a balance between the refined and the rebellious. It is a high-quality archival print, which ensures the longevity and preservation of the vivid colors that are a hallmark of Frost’s work. As a seminal piece in the contemporary fusion between pop, street, and graffiti art, Goof Ball Archival Print is an invitation to not just glance, but to analyze and introspect on the commentary it makes about our culture. This artistic gem, thus, warrants appreciation from both art aficionados and casual observers alike.

    $621.00

Drug Graffiti Street Pop Art

Drugs in Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork

The presence of drugs as a subject in Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork has long functioned as a powerful cultural mirror reflecting society’s fascination, fear, rebellion, and addiction. From the early days of underground zines and subway graffiti to the polished editions found in pop art galleries today, references to drugs appear both overtly and symbolically. Artists use imagery related to pills, joints, syringes, tabs, powder, and pills not simply to glorify or condemn, but to interrogate deeper themes of escapism, social decay, counterculture, and altered consciousness. The chaotic relationship between drugs and modern life is encoded in the iconography of urban visual art where it serves as both an artistic medium and subject matter. Whether painted on a train car or framed in a fine art print run, the visual language of drugs serves as a lens through which reality is distorted and reexamined.

Psychedelia and Synthetic Expression

The impact of substances like LSD, MDMA, and psilocybin can be seen in the vibrant, psychedelic aesthetics that are central to many Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork pieces. Fluid linework, hallucinatory characters, and overstimulated palettes reference the warped realities experienced during drug use. The graphic interpretations of these altered states serve to visually manifest the feelings of euphoria, detachment, or fragmentation that define many chemical journeys. Artists such as Buff Monster and Ron English have used stylized characters and acid-toned color schemes to invoke the sense of fantasy and disarray associated with drug-fueled perception. These visuals are not accidental—they are engineered to evoke chemical influence, a warped mirror of the mental environments that drugs can create. In this way, the work does not simply depict drugs but functions as a surrogate experience of their effects.

Critique and Commodification

Drugs are also used within the artform to critique the systems that both criminalize and commodify them. Imagery of prescription bottles with exaggerated branding, corporate logos repurposed into pill labels, and characters addicted to cartoonish substances reflect a critique of pharmaceutical and capitalist excess. The contrast between cartoon humor and darker subject matter is a recurring motif used to make statements about addiction, exploitation, and commodified highs. This type of Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork is especially potent because it subverts familiar branding, repackaging everyday drug culture with irony and visual punch. It blurs the lines between legal and illegal, medical and recreational, pointing to the hypocrisy and complexity surrounding drug policy and consumer habits.

Symbols of Identity and Survival

For some artists, drugs are not just a concept but a lived reality embedded in community experience. In marginalized neighborhoods, graffiti frequently becomes a way to document survival, coded through tags, slang, and visual metaphors. Whether referencing crack pipes, mushrooms, pills, or joints, the use of drug symbols is often deeply autobiographical. It represents coping, struggle, and defiance in the face of socio-economic barriers. The streets themselves often carry these stories long before galleries do. When those same symbols are transferred onto silkscreen prints, vinyl figures, or gallery canvases, they carry the weight of their origins. The transition from wall to white cube does not erase the intensity of the message; it amplifies it for new audiences while retaining its raw foundation. In this way, drugs as depicted in Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork become tools for storytelling, resistance, satire, and identity in a modern visual language rooted in lived truth.

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