Ben Frost' 2025 Bicycle Day Weekend Trip Lepew Blotter by Ben Frost. 7.5 x 7.5 inches. Archival Pigment Print on 290gsm Moab Entrada Fine Art Paper. Hand-perforated by Zane Kesey, Son of Ken Kesey, author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest! This was a time-released print, which has long been sold out. Each print comes numbered and signed by Ben Frost and with a Certificate of Authenticity from 1XRUN Obviously, there are no drugs on the blotter! Pepe Le Pew is an animated character from the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series, first appearing in Odor-able Kitty on January 6, 1945 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. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Australian born artist Ben Frost is known for his kaleidoscopic Pop Art, mash-up paintings that take inspiration from areas as diverse as graffiti, collage, photorealism and sign-writing. He has been exhibiting throughout the world for the last 12 years and has been involved in his own share of controversy. In 2000, he faked his own death for an exhibition suitably titled ‘Ben Frost is Dead’ which made national news in Australia. His painting ‘White Children Playing’ caused a stir for its graphic depiction of children using drugs and a masked and disgruntled assailant slashed one of the paintings in his exhibition at the Institute of Modern Art in Brisbane. Police also tried to remove one of his collaborative artworks in an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney because of its graphic nature. He also began and continues to run the Australian street art website ‘Stupid Krap’ and started the yearly paste-up festival Paste-Modernism, which is the largest of its kind in the world.