Cool Hunting

A self-taught American painter, Phil Frost has a uniquely sophisticated style. He finds what many would consider to be trash—discarded wood, bottle caps, paper, windows and doors—on the street and carts it back to his studio transforming the found objects into works of art. In his most recent works, a topical layer of white covers everything with heart like forms, men with shields and big-eyed toothy faces.

In 2004 Sartoria, an unusual creative agency based in Modena, Italy, published "Cube IV," a limited edition book that was distributed freely to friends. Half of its volume was devoted to the work of Frost. People who admire his work and follow his career have been searching internet auctions and fine used book stores for copies for years. Now the portion of the book that was devoted to Frost has been published as a monograph by Damiani with introductions by Pushead and Carlo McCormick.

Everyone can go to their local book store and get it. Frost says, "I am thrilled to have had the opportunity to present a comprehensive and chronological representation my work from 1992 through 2004."

Get it from Amazon or Powell's.