Australian artist Ben Frost is stimulating our social consciousness with his confrontational paintings, which challenge norms and values of Western culture through visually stunning attacks on consumerism.

"Conceptually, the 'found' objects like pharmaceutical boxes or fast food wrappers, already have their own story before I actually paint onto them, so what I do on them is my response to this narrative. It also talks about how I am interacting with the world when I'm traveling, or where I'm living - so I'm making art using the things around me. Some of my early pieces were painted onto packaging from the Korean grocery store that I used to live above and shop at, so the art making process had a personal element that related to my direct world. Advertising and packaging is a part of what has now become our 'natural' environment, and I think it's relevant to make art about this experience."