Close Look:

Pinkney Herbert at David Lusk Gallery, Nashville

By February 02, 2020
Pinkney Herbert, Community, 2019; mixed media on paper. All images courtesy of David Lusk Gallery, Nashville.
Installation view of Pinkney Herbert’s Come Home at David Lusk Gallery.

Splitting his time between New York and Memphis, Herbert is inspired and activated by place. The exploration and movement between two drastically different environments has shaped the core of his practice for over thirty years. His dynamic process employs mark-making and layering to integrate digital prints, graffiti-like gestures and bold color into dynamic compositions.

Installation view of Pinkney Herbert’s Come Home at David Lusk Gallery.
Installation view of Pinkney Herbert’s Come Home at David Lusk Gallery.
Pinkney Herbert, Blue Crush, 2019; mixed media on paper.

Pinkney Herbert’s Come Here is on view at the David Lusk Gallery in Nashville, Tennessee, through February 15.

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