These works are as much a literary experience as a visual one. As you take in the work, you also start to see and feel how the idea and materiality is interwoven and activated as you experience it. The material use of the packing boxes speak to emotional observations that we often keep packed away in a darkened room within ourselves. Somehow, these works help us to say the things we might think, and think the things we don’t say.
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-yahwehs-dilemma.jpg)
yahweh’s dilemma
enamel on packing box
2020 X 2360
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-group-photo.jpg)
group photo
enamel, oil, paint stick, floor stain, spray paint on linen
1760 X 2200
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-voice-of-a-generation.jpg)
voice of a generation
enamel and spray paint on packing box
1840 X 2250
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-toxic-bliss.jpg)
toxic bliss
bleach and ink on denim
1600 X 1980
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-the-future.jpg)
enamel on packing box
1795 X 2685
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-positive-self-affirmation.jpg)
positive self affirmation
enamel, spray paint and stickers on packing box
1350 X 1910
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-the-gift.jpg)
enamel, spray paint and acrylic on packing box
1710 X 2580
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-thinking-about-god-thinking-about-colin.jpg)
thinking about god, thinking about colin
1530 X 2200
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-its-a-kind-of-magic.jpg)
it’s a kind of magic
enamel on packing box
1690 X 2525
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-mantra.jpg)
mantra
enamel and spray paint on packing box
1360 X 2070
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-well.jpg)
well?
sand blasted mirror
1500 X 450
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-future-me.jpg)
future me
enamel on vintage painting
840 X 600
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-if-only.jpg)
if only
enamel on vintage print
460 X 360
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-enjoy-your-stay.jpg)
enjoy your stay
enamel on vintage print
460 X 360
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-optimistic-resignation-1.jpg)
optimistic resignation (candle)
wax and wick
250 X 220 X 40
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-inanimate-self-awareness.jpg)
inanimate self awareness
enamel on linen
2000 X 1000
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-its-your-choice.jpg)
it’s your choice
enamel and electrical tape on packing box
2360 X 2020
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-obey.jpg)
obey
enamel on packing box
1700 X 2270
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-optimistic-resignation.jpg)
optimistic resignation
metalic thread on fabric
605 ROUND
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-its-true.jpg)
it’s true
wooden light box, LED’s, bitumen, glass, plastic, dirt, nails, screws, syringes, ciggies, booze, spit, prophylactics, army figures, plastic snakes, bugs, piss and shit
480 X 480 X 250
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-jesus-haych.jpg)
jesus haych
enamel on timber
1080 X 1220
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-vanity.jpg)
vanity
1280 X 2290
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-it-is-what-it-is.jpg)
it is what it is
enamel on wooden bed head
620 X 910
![](https://www.joshrobbins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/josh-robbins-tut-tut.jpg)
tut tut
enamel on packing box
830 X 3170