Stefan Smith probes the boundary between high art and mass advertising in his latest exhibition, Red Bull 2000. At Melbourne’s Dark Horse Experiment, 2000 Red Bull cans span the gallery wall, while a monumental stainless steel and vinyl logo reflects both audience and brand like a shrine to commerce.
These familiar icons enter the sanctity of the white-wall gallery as a critique of consumerism and cultural power, provoking the question: is it art or advertising?
By reimagining everyday products as art, Smith continues a lineage that runs from Duchamp’s readymades and Warhol’s Pop Art to Cattelan’s notorious banana.
Opening Night: 10 October 2025, 6-9pm
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Location 
Dark Horse Experiment
400 Spencer St
West Melbourne 3003
Price and bookings
This is a free event
Booking not required
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