https://robbyherbst.com Robby Herbst Thu, 09 Oct 2025 15:26:17 +0000 https://robbyherbst.com en https://robbyherbst.com/Home Tue, 13 Feb 2024 19:03:25 +0000 Robby Herbst https://robbyherbst.com/Home Robby Herbst is an interdisciplinary artist and critical writer.&nbsp;He uses and investigates avant garde paradigms to expand cultural imaginations.&nbsp;Politics, language, ideology: the ways it manifest in bodies as expression, movements, sociality, history, and action.He is the instigator of the geographically sited critical-landscape projects of the Llano Del Rio Collective. Their 2021 collaboration with the Los Angeles Poverty Department premiered at Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art. He is a co-founder and former editor of the Journal of Aesthetics &amp; Protest. In 2016 he completed the public project New New Games a series of tournaments and events held in California's Bay Area with the support of Southern Exposure and the Headlands Center For The Arts. A concurrent exhibition of drawings related to&nbsp; New New Games was held at Commonwealth &amp; Council gallery in Los Angeles. With artist Elana Mann he co-organized Chats About Change; a series of encounters addressing social change and social practice in Los Angeles. Other past exhibitions include I + We: Collective Movement Workshop (Human Resources, 2014), Utopias of SoCal (Santa Monica Museum of Art, 2014), New Pyramids For the Capitalist System ​(Dumbo Arts Center, 2012), and Blockades with Collaborators (David Patton, 2009).He’s been awarded grants from the Graue Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for artwriting, The Mike Kelley Foundation, The Danish Arts Council, and the Durfee Foundation. He has been an artist in residence at the Headlands Center For the Arts, Villa Montalvo, and Provisions Library.A former columnist for KCET TV's award winning program Artbound, he’s contributed essays to art catalogs, books, and magazines.He has lectured internationally on radical aesthetics, action, and creative practices. He's taught: Community Art/Social Practice at CSULA; Drawing, Research Based Art Practice, and Art And Cybernetics at Harvey Mudd College; New Genres Art at USC; Interdisciplinary Art at Goddard College: and curation at Otis College of Art and California State University Los Angeles. https://robbyherbst.com/About Mon, 12 Feb 2024 16:23:35 +0000 Robby Herbst https://robbyherbst.com/About Robby Herbst is an interdisciplinary artist and critical writer who uses and investigates avant garde paradigms to expand cultural imaginations.Politics, language, ideology: the ways it manifest in bodies as expression, movements, history, and action.He is the instigator of the geographically sited critical-landscape projects of the Llano Del Rio Collective. Their recent collaboration with the Los Angeles Poverty Department premiered at Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art. He is a co-founder and former editor of the Journal of Aesthetics &amp; Protest. In 2016 he completed the public project New New Games a series of tournaments and events held in California's Bay Area with the support of Southern Exposure and the Headlands Center For The Arts. A concurrent exhibition of drawings related to&nbsp; New New Games was held at Commonwealth &amp; Council gallery in Los Angeles. With artist Elana Mann he co-organized Chats About Change; a series of encounters addressing social change and social practice in Los Angeles. Other past exhibitions include I + We: Collective Movement Workshop (Human Resources, 2014), Utopias of SoCal (Santa Monica Museum of Art, 2014), New Pyramids For the Capitalist System ​(Dumbo Arts Center, 2012), and Blockades with Collaborators (David Patton, 2009).He has been awarded grants from the Graue Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for artwriting, The Mike Kelley Foundation, The Danish Arts Council, and the Durfee Foundation. He has been an artist in residence at the Headlands Center For the Arts, Villa Montalvo, and Provisions Library.He was a columnist for KCET TV's award winning program Artbound, and contributed essays to art catalogs, books, and magazines.He has lectured internationally on radical aesthetics, action, and creative practices. He's taught: Community Art/Social Practice at CSULA; Drawing, Research Based Art Practice, and Cybernetics and Art at Harvey Mudd College; New Genres Art at USC; Interdisciplinary Art at Goddard College: and curation at Otis College of Art and California State University at Los Angeles. CV Portfolio Writing Samples https://robbyherbst.com/Header-1 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 15:28:23 +0000 Robby Herbst https://robbyherbst.com/Header-1 Drawings Works on paper. https://robbyherbst.com/How-Can-We-Not-Know-What-We-Know Thu, 09 Oct 2025 15:26:17 +0000 Robby Herbst https://robbyherbst.com/How-Can-We-Not-Know-What-We-Know <img width="2053" height="1540" width_o="2053" height_o="1540" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cbf2d9264344b9675d3c458a2ca1a4f1a5b47add8fc3fcdca5286cef27195d7a/Sublimation-Banner.Full.edit.jpg" data-mid="239982746" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cbf2d9264344b9675d3c458a2ca1a4f1a5b47add8fc3fcdca5286cef27195d7a/Sublimation-Banner.Full.edit.jpg" /> <img width="4204" height="2802" width_o="4204" height_o="2802" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b237e5081761f383214a6750adbcb02ee862664f4cfd0a8dfa257e33a47b5273/Sublimation.Banner.2.Edit.jpg" data-mid="239982685" border="0" data-scale="95" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b237e5081761f383214a6750adbcb02ee862664f4cfd0a8dfa257e33a47b5273/Sublimation.Banner.2.Edit.jpg" /> <img width="2537" height="1902" width_o="2537" height_o="1902" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ddf24fc892be612aae4d2761a6680aab848278ca3722d42f00fd0815d43766ed/RH_Wende_25-15-copy.jpeg" data-mid="239983366" border="0" data-scale="79" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ddf24fc892be612aae4d2761a6680aab848278ca3722d42f00fd0815d43766ed/RH_Wende_25-15-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="2371" height="2503" width_o="2371" height_o="2503" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fc47b45adebc0f0d411deb37edd3c144af05bc1d2f9551f94eda80793617f215/IMG_5532.2-copy.jpg" data-mid="239985090" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fc47b45adebc0f0d411deb37edd3c144af05bc1d2f9551f94eda80793617f215/IMG_5532.2-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1908" height="2545" width_o="1908" height_o="2545" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c30640e4a10c297032f9bd63d905cd0d41b28233282b5d683a176383e09bca77/RH_Wende_25-18.jpg" data-mid="239985047" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c30640e4a10c297032f9bd63d905cd0d41b28233282b5d683a176383e09bca77/RH_Wende_25-18.jpg" /> <img width="2097" height="2796" width_o="2097" height_o="2796" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/faa7d7e9505da34ff63268cba424a30a26c3fe96f7fddb8e5fd9881280503e44/RH_Wende_25-5.jpg" data-mid="239985052" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/faa7d7e9505da34ff63268cba424a30a26c3fe96f7fddb8e5fd9881280503e44/RH_Wende_25-5.jpg" /> <img width="2029" height="2706" width_o="2029" height_o="2706" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1dba4fdf2d63035a453fe7de7d76b06a89feaba19adda7eab6b4678ae3be5c4e/RH_Wende_25-13.jpg" data-mid="239985123" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1dba4fdf2d63035a453fe7de7d76b06a89feaba19adda7eab6b4678ae3be5c4e/RH_Wende_25-13.jpg" /> How Can We Not Know What We Know?&nbsp; Visueal score for group engagement Used for How Can We Know What We Don’t Know?&nbsp; the&nbsp; Wende Musuem Octoner 2025 Pencil and guache on paper 9’X 6’ https://robbyherbst.com/Punched-Cards-2025 Thu, 09 Oct 2025 15:10:32 +0000 Robby Herbst https://robbyherbst.com/Punched-Cards-2025 <img width="1440" height="1167" width_o="1440" height_o="1167" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b87797114e45c474278084855f50a4a3e7c4d255376841abcf3ccdb348f09b8/4X.Winner.2.jpg" data-mid="239198174" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8b87797114e45c474278084855f50a4a3e7c4d255376841abcf3ccdb348f09b8/4X.Winner.2.jpg" /> <img width="1478" height="1080" width_o="1478" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a6fad0eee1e8f4f6d6bec582561a3e247b8733738a5ddc06231363caae4df71c/Arrugal.jpg" data-mid="239198175" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a6fad0eee1e8f4f6d6bec582561a3e247b8733738a5ddc06231363caae4df71c/Arrugal.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1440" width_o="1920" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/50f76558adf12c3f5af7da4fdd7b327e9c8f50ad30154957ca0aa53fc74327dd/eggplan.jpg" data-mid="239198176" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/50f76558adf12c3f5af7da4fdd7b327e9c8f50ad30154957ca0aa53fc74327dd/eggplan.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1481" width_o="1920" height_o="1481" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c8215bfbfc2a9c1e5f022e882026a8da15d1d6d77ade6ccefa16da8f316b8576/Onion.jpg" data-mid="239198177" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c8215bfbfc2a9c1e5f022e882026a8da15d1d6d77ade6ccefa16da8f316b8576/Onion.jpg" /> <img width="1332" height="1080" width_o="1332" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a5176faf497a48b8f0d9ce68e79abde1f3d51cafede1b551b94683f6beaab991/4x.Birk.jpeg" data-mid="239198172" border="0" data-scale="78" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a5176faf497a48b8f0d9ce68e79abde1f3d51cafede1b551b94683f6beaab991/4x.Birk.jpeg" /> Punched Cards (2025)Various sizes A series of pencil drawings based on the IBM punchcard&nbsp; https://robbyherbst.com/Operation-Manuals Wed, 14 Feb 2024 15:28:19 +0000 Robby Herbst https://robbyherbst.com/Operation-Manuals <img width="2500" height="1737" width_o="2500" height_o="1737" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a651c3ffd19c43ebee3b66304ae15082fdb7fe1faf246478115ee077af8ce616/Frailty.jpg" data-mid="204637670" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a651c3ffd19c43ebee3b66304ae15082fdb7fe1faf246478115ee077af8ce616/Frailty.jpg" /> <img width="1876" height="2500" width_o="1876" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67d771fcd5d99f7005617681e5b2a20fb42b88277773fdcca6a8775a6c2e2396/Utopia.jpg" data-mid="250400148" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/67d771fcd5d99f7005617681e5b2a20fb42b88277773fdcca6a8775a6c2e2396/Utopia.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1918" width_o="2500" height_o="1918" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/481aa64d71b820f62f401bd8c4bdb5dfeb951af7b9cc10eda43f35a773ade48a/Hammer.jpg" data-mid="204637667" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/481aa64d71b820f62f401bd8c4bdb5dfeb951af7b9cc10eda43f35a773ade48a/Hammer.jpg" /> <img width="1916" height="2500" width_o="1916" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/97f608fc3a9ff68895c4b9ee8c2f71fc1e66c977bb728178b8bbf67066a99def/intersubjectivity.jpg" data-mid="250400166" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/97f608fc3a9ff68895c4b9ee8c2f71fc1e66c977bb728178b8bbf67066a99def/intersubjectivity.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1674" width_o="2500" height_o="1674" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d73fc798b6a5801fa5fef33734a429330bdc681be462e001632dda915c477bcd/Hug.jpg" data-mid="204637668" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d73fc798b6a5801fa5fef33734a429330bdc681be462e001632dda915c477bcd/Hug.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1879" width_o="2500" height_o="1879" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f5c58ec0759636f5bd884d0e8530e3cdcff916f06a6c6aa8d0a423fe201bd58a/Computer.jpg" data-mid="204637671" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f5c58ec0759636f5bd884d0e8530e3cdcff916f06a6c6aa8d0a423fe201bd58a/Computer.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1686" width_o="2500" height_o="1686" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5bebd8ba9fb29cf274818b29f435094333e7f6566c23adcacba1304545207ca5/Outside.jpg" data-mid="204637674" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5bebd8ba9fb29cf274818b29f435094333e7f6566c23adcacba1304545207ca5/Outside.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1731" width_o="2500" height_o="1731" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c2005d9e129e8f8605dcfcc2be9f4de652079e9619cf48fcb333debcad87769/Horizon-Draw.jpg" data-mid="204637675" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c2005d9e129e8f8605dcfcc2be9f4de652079e9619cf48fcb333debcad87769/Horizon-Draw.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/65fa2674b2ed3c57186715d4b401ba609d7ea3a0129179caf6c34bc37106696a/Gesture.jpg" data-mid="204637672" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/65fa2674b2ed3c57186715d4b401ba609d7ea3a0129179caf6c34bc37106696a/Gesture.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1705" width_o="2500" height_o="1705" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58c06577ac144c49cde6782d6d1e403da7a2552d25862fa49c4623c84e06d15e/Commons.jpg" data-mid="204637673" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58c06577ac144c49cde6782d6d1e403da7a2552d25862fa49c4623c84e06d15e/Commons.jpg" /> <img width="3600" height="3000" width_o="3600" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1ca9b41c69cc924f694f782a46aed254bee7ca6890e16da5e7e42e9eda33711b/handgestures7-01.jpg" data-mid="204657334" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1ca9b41c69cc924f694f782a46aed254bee7ca6890e16da5e7e42e9eda33711b/handgestures7-01.jpg" /> <img width="3600" height="3000" width_o="3600" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67de019f1ebc6d7fe635c77e8953785e699643bcfa0b1d957dd15607d5b117e9/horizon5-01.jpg" data-mid="204637669" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/67de019f1ebc6d7fe635c77e8953785e699643bcfa0b1d957dd15607d5b117e9/horizon5-01.jpg" /> Operation Manuals (2021–2023)A series of drawings (and two banners) inspired by the Reading Ours exhibition Operation Manual For The Worlds Largest Paper Spacecraft.Diptych drawings: pencil and colored pencil on paper, 40" × 52"Drawings; pencil and other media on paper, 40" × 26"Utopia and Intersubjectivity individual sized Banner version of drawings for mobile classroom scenario(digital files for vinyl printed banners 5' × 4') See also:&nbsp;Operation Manual for the Worlds Largest Paper Spaceship https://robbyherbst.com/Compassion-and-Self-Deception Wed, 14 Feb 2024 15:29:20 +0000 Robby Herbst https://robbyherbst.com/Compassion-and-Self-Deception <img width="1720" height="2580" width_o="1720" height_o="2580" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86b3f4c870fb33ee1bdc6a660f4724f40f432519cbbf6fb7ca0b7143d09da800/Compassion.3.jpg" data-mid="204651959" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/86b3f4c870fb33ee1bdc6a660f4724f40f432519cbbf6fb7ca0b7143d09da800/Compassion.3.jpg" /> <img width="1720" height="2580" width_o="1720" height_o="2580" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/073ac353cd1a1d8144f2f1a8e3c7c2eebd26d6e8b38cfdc7d48cb2a21528d09d/Compassion.4.jpg" data-mid="204651960" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/073ac353cd1a1d8144f2f1a8e3c7c2eebd26d6e8b38cfdc7d48cb2a21528d09d/Compassion.4.jpg" /> <img width="2317" height="1758" width_o="2317" height_o="1758" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ccdcfe77dfcd8f90ca56643ffa830aa329bd6d4ad3498f60098bec6787fc2dea/Compassion.2.jpg" data-mid="204651958" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ccdcfe77dfcd8f90ca56643ffa830aa329bd6d4ad3498f60098bec6787fc2dea/Compassion.2.jpg" /> <img width="2279" height="1758" width_o="2279" height_o="1758" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/63580504ec9a4609bc0fa9b1b198d7462aff964e9282a7ac9ba9ed489d43c661/Compassion1-copy.jpg" data-mid="204651961" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/63580504ec9a4609bc0fa9b1b198d7462aff964e9282a7ac9ba9ed489d43c661/Compassion1-copy.jpg" /> <img width="3531" height="5296" width_o="3531" height_o="5296" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/047fcb06fcd131b7a98f6c0f0093965e4b0698553c0bcba3d17169f53488fa9b/unspecified-copy.jpg" data-mid="204657838" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/047fcb06fcd131b7a98f6c0f0093965e4b0698553c0bcba3d17169f53488fa9b/unspecified-copy.jpg" /> <img width="3589" height="5384" width_o="3589" height_o="5384" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b81258240c4329f77dbbe56aa7f5e461d828191a90940d1bfb0ccddc1ab7ee10/unspecified-1-copy.jpg" data-mid="204657784" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b81258240c4329f77dbbe56aa7f5e461d828191a90940d1bfb0ccddc1ab7ee10/unspecified-1-copy.jpg" /> Compassion and Self Deception (2021)Source drawings from Compassion and Self Deception (Llano Del Rio Guide #8), plannded for a covid cancelled exhibition at Skid Row History Musuem and Archive. Compassion and Self Deception is a twelve-page broadsheet exploring the socio-emotional impact of Los Angeles’ housing catastrophe. The guide set out to address the question, “how can the city feel about Skid Row, and so many residents living on the streets?”. Compassion &amp; Self Deception contains sections like A Celestial Guide To The Moral Universe Of Skid Row, and Beyond Good And Evil as well as relevant illustrations, interviews and diagrams. The publication hopes to frame the affective dimension of LA’s housing inequality.See also: Llano Del Rio Guides https://robbyherbst.com/New-Games Wed, 14 Feb 2024 15:29:23 +0000 Robby Herbst https://robbyherbst.com/New-Games <img width="5000" height="3098" width_o="5000" height_o="3098" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd76a2a6322405814f47b77a05ccee1f3fe07c40590bfc102a92d221156c5cad/IMG_0509AB_o.jpg" data-mid="204637890" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd76a2a6322405814f47b77a05ccee1f3fe07c40590bfc102a92d221156c5cad/IMG_0509AB_o.jpg" /> <img width="4572" height="3360" width_o="4572" height_o="3360" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c2ec98e27fbaa3d236d22307e913aae7c208332b8c6ba698392a1795d8dfbde5/New.Games-Draw.-Body-Surf.jpg" data-mid="204654135" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c2ec98e27fbaa3d236d22307e913aae7c208332b8c6ba698392a1795d8dfbde5/New.Games-Draw.-Body-Surf.jpg" /> <img width="3456" height="4664" width_o="3456" height_o="4664" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15d81b90ed7d94446be5ede43bbb297a0950f3a0a956522f61b8f726dd58055e/New-Games-Draw.-Ameoba-Race.jpg" data-mid="204654295" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/15d81b90ed7d94446be5ede43bbb297a0950f3a0a956522f61b8f726dd58055e/New-Games-Draw.-Ameoba-Race.jpg" /> <img width="3392" height="4336" width_o="3392" height_o="4336" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3dae5a23e5ee7ce61ed1a6d6c0c967ff7e0fd7b9898891a1582f5f7dd41b1f2e/New-Games-Draw.-Caterpillar.jpg" data-mid="204654342" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3dae5a23e5ee7ce61ed1a6d6c0c967ff7e0fd7b9898891a1582f5f7dd41b1f2e/New-Games-Draw.-Caterpillar.jpg" /> <img width="1728" height="2246" width_o="1728" height_o="2246" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8315a336418703531af6b2e7bc01028a24df70f57155b21d325896fecf8acf88/Rock-Paper-Scissors.jpg" data-mid="204654000" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8315a336418703531af6b2e7bc01028a24df70f57155b21d325896fecf8acf88/Rock-Paper-Scissors.jpg" /> <img width="4787" height="3158" width_o="4787" height_o="3158" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/46fb5bb136107aede5b8951faffc262056eacdb36003e328092e63c706bce682/Hug-Tag.jpg" data-mid="204654039" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/46fb5bb136107aede5b8951faffc262056eacdb36003e328092e63c706bce682/Hug-Tag.jpg" /> <img width="2590" height="3100" width_o="2590" height_o="3100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9897629a91df5737ccc3898b9889e755492e4838f07e279f50a2ae073694d7b5/Planet-Pass-A.jpg" data-mid="204637895" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9897629a91df5737ccc3898b9889e755492e4838f07e279f50a2ae073694d7b5/Planet-Pass-A.jpg" /> <img width="2028" height="1478" width_o="2028" height_o="1478" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e510d2ee3f191d5ce4bf36bd9be4507c884cb27ca83cd586a8c855192cd304e7/New-Games-Draw.Lap-Sit.jpg" data-mid="204653985" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e510d2ee3f191d5ce4bf36bd9be4507c884cb27ca83cd586a8c855192cd304e7/New-Games-Draw.Lap-Sit.jpg" /> New Games (2016)November 7–December 19Exhibited in Commonwealth &amp; CouncilReview in Daily Serving See also: Critical Practice, Performance/Happenings, Sculpture https://robbyherbst.com/New-Pyramids-For-the-Capitalist-System Wed, 14 Feb 2024 15:29:29 +0000 Robby Herbst https://robbyherbst.com/New-Pyramids-For-the-Capitalist-System <img width="3600" height="2400" width_o="3600" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/75603216ef751ee897351686f8457305c46ce51b700b166e3f2a747613862c17/Herbst_Robby_New-Pyramids-For-The-Capitalist-System-3_o.jpg" data-mid="204638057" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/75603216ef751ee897351686f8457305c46ce51b700b166e3f2a747613862c17/Herbst_Robby_New-Pyramids-For-The-Capitalist-System-3_o.jpg" /> <img width="2400" height="3600" width_o="2400" height_o="3600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9bdb0485d065d4f886a31946116d7d4d9b3904f06a7bf1dd285c9fd99137b6f/Herbst_Robby_New-Pyramid-For-the-CapItalist-System2_o.jpg" data-mid="204638056" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a9bdb0485d065d4f886a31946116d7d4d9b3904f06a7bf1dd285c9fd99137b6f/Herbst_Robby_New-Pyramid-For-the-CapItalist-System2_o.jpg" /> <img width="2400" height="3600" width_o="2400" height_o="3600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c74650662fb86a05d7721e34d31321af9711baee45da7f478341e00dcff0124/Herbst_Robby_New-Pyramids-For-The-Capitalist-System-2_o.jpg" data-mid="204638055" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c74650662fb86a05d7721e34d31321af9711baee45da7f478341e00dcff0124/Herbst_Robby_New-Pyramids-For-The-Capitalist-System-2_o.jpg" /> <img width="2400" height="3000" width_o="2400" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0d23d3a449666be4155737963956deda4585d4a69c506103c9a86b8c9af0f68/Herbst_Robby-14.jpg" data-mid="204653921" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f0d23d3a449666be4155737963956deda4585d4a69c506103c9a86b8c9af0f68/Herbst_Robby-14.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2196" width_o="3000" height_o="2196" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9b17ace1370d132fcc1dfef4ec25879d3bd326321764c0e185902f5fee35fe26/Herbst_Robby-19.jpg" data-mid="204653955" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9b17ace1370d132fcc1dfef4ec25879d3bd326321764c0e185902f5fee35fe26/Herbst_Robby-19.jpg" /> <img width="3600" height="2400" width_o="3600" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aaa7232b73452c9e9b2fa08b6f96b43a7a38ff4035606d48603de18d24499bc1/Herbst_Robby-18-1.jpg" data-mid="204653963" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aaa7232b73452c9e9b2fa08b6f96b43a7a38ff4035606d48603de18d24499bc1/Herbst_Robby-18-1.jpg" /> New Pyramids For the Capitalist System ​(2011–2012)Dumbo Arts CenterBrooklyn, NYFebruary 10–April 8This exhibition includes two distinct conjoined, bodies of work: the first are artworks derived from a performance developed from an IWW diagram (Pyramids For the Capitalist System);&nbsp;the second is a collection of photographs put together by my grandfather, depicting beach and socialist acrobats in NYC.&nbsp; Review in Art In AmericaSee also: Sculpture https://robbyherbst.com/Organize-Your-Own Wed, 14 Feb 2024 15:29:25 +0000 Robby Herbst https://robbyherbst.com/Organize-Your-Own <img width="3028" height="4009" width_o="3028" height_o="4009" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0aa62b99e108f7cbbcb65fea4852bd2b536b5333dc5cb1b1e51a556815c7c0d/I-uesed-to-be-flesh.jpg" data-mid="204637924" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f0aa62b99e108f7cbbcb65fea4852bd2b536b5333dc5cb1b1e51a556815c7c0d/I-uesed-to-be-flesh.jpg" /> <img width="3035" height="4014" width_o="3035" height_o="4014" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/32868e95c30305aa72cdbf69c30f85c375711167c27dd1207b690a5979502052/I-used-to-blackA.jpg" data-mid="204637928" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/32868e95c30305aa72cdbf69c30f85c375711167c27dd1207b690a5979502052/I-used-to-blackA.jpg" /> <img width="2849" height="3743" width_o="2849" height_o="3743" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f22de83ba05f408bf3fea1d0e8f4ca4166693253f8a41906bc723e57025bb75/I-used-to-psych.jpg" data-mid="204637925" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f22de83ba05f408bf3fea1d0e8f4ca4166693253f8a41906bc723e57025bb75/I-used-to-psych.jpg" /> <img width="960" height="1156" width_o="960" height_o="1156" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/824c1bf19a4bb90c28debe24d968de58fe7917f56cb09bd9617eceb4e9a28cb5/thumbnail_IMG_6118.jpg" data-mid="204637926" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/824c1bf19a4bb90c28debe24d968de58fe7917f56cb09bd9617eceb4e9a28cb5/thumbnail_IMG_6118.jpg" /> <img width="960" height="1280" width_o="960" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5247ed52f1050121f0971f30ae54b4c19a95b9c49efd8346b5d5dbd67ed2572a/thumbnail_IMG_6113.jpg" data-mid="204637927" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/5247ed52f1050121f0971f30ae54b4c19a95b9c49efd8346b5d5dbd67ed2572a/thumbnail_IMG_6113.jpg" /> Organize Your Own (2016)An Exhibition and Event Series About The Politics and Poetics of Self-Determination MovementsOrganized by Daniel Tucker, “Organize Your Own: The Politics and Poetics of Self-Determination Movements”, is a multi-city exhibition and event series to take place in Philadelphia at Kelly Writers House (January 14 – February 17, 2016) and Chicago at The Averill and Bernard Leviton Gallery (March 3 – April 9, 2016), with events taking place in both cities throughout the exhibitions. Organize Your Own is an exhibition and event series featuring new work by contemporary artists and poets that responds to archival materials related to the history of white people organizing their own working-class white neighborhoods in Philadelphia (the October 4th Organization) and Chicago (the Young Patriots Organization) in keeping with the mandate from the Black Power movement to “organize your own” community against racism.Review in HyerpallergicReview in New City ChicagoBonus; a similar anti-racist drawings completed the same time as the "I Used To Be..." works (book covers from late 1960s).