Sydney artist Ben Frost is putting on an exhibition at Gorker Gallery in April under the title “Confessions of a Modern Citizen”, The man has exhibited all around the world, and his colourful pop inspired urbanish pieces have garnered him fans far and wide. With this exhibition he delves a bit deeper, asking the nominally topical, if perfunctorily blasé, question “What does it mean to be a responsible and productive member of contemporary society?” – we’re really looking forward to this one.

From the Gorker Website:

“In Confessions of A Model Citizen, Frost critiques the desires, obsessions and ethics of our media-saturated contemporary society in a series of vibrant new artworks.

Through his own anecdotal and often brash experiences of life in Sydney and abroad, he explores our attempts at cultural
belonging and resulting disconnection from a world where lifestyle and expectations are bought and sold on the shelves of Ikea and
‘advertainment’ television.

The confronting and often controversial artist Ben Frost uses a ‘collage’ style of unlikely juxtapositions throughout his paintings, creating complex mash-ups of popular culture. Co-Founder of the online portal stupidkrap.com, guest speaker at the Semi-Permanent & AG IDEAS conferences in ’08 and a featured artist in The Apprentice Australia ’09, Frost currently lives in Sydney operating ‘Worlds End Studio’ in Surry Hills. Ben Frost has exhibited extensively both in Australia and Internationally, including solo shows in London, New York and San Francisco, as well as group shows in Beijing, Amsterdam, Berlin and Singapore and has been featured in countess magazines and newspapers including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Australian Art Collector, Empty, Monster Children, Sydney Morning Herald and was a contributing illustrator to Black + White Magazine for over three years.”

Who: Ben Frost
What: Confessions of A Model Citizen
Where: Gorker Gallery, 395 Gore Street, Fitzroy (corner Gore and Kerr Street)
When: Launch Night Thursday 25 March, 6:30pm – 8:30pm, Exhibition runs until Sunday 11 April

Via Gorker Gallery. Find the Facebook event page here.