¡AGITPOP! Press
¡AGITPOP! Press is an artist book collaboration between artist Johannah Herr and writer Cara Marsh Sheffler.
Since 2020, the two have collaborated on seven book projects: Domestic Terrorism, The Banana Republican Recipe Book, I Have Seen the Future: Official Guide, White Flight!, Collateral Magic, Superpower Super Tarot!, and Scorched Earth Tiki. Each book subverts the form of the propaganda it investigates, whether a Sears catalog, a recipe book, a World’s Fair Guide, or an advertising booklet.
Collectively, this body of work focuses on how the US government colluded with corporate America to blur the lines between military, political, and cultural conquest in the creation of the so-called American Century. Our publications aim to reveal how US history has been advertised to the world, and to portray American decline as what it unavoidably is: a consumer experience.
In 2026, together as ¡AGITPOP! Press, Herr and Sheffler were named NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows.¡
AGITPOP! publications are for sale at bookstores and galleries including McNally Jackson, Printed Matter, Perrotin, After 8, The Hole, Mast, Skylight, and Karma. These titles have been acquired by the Bibliothèque Kandinsky at the Centre Pompidou, the British Museum, the University of Miami, and the Clark Art Institute, among other libraries and collections. ¡AGITPOP!'s work has been featured by art fairs including NADA, Frieze, EXPO CHICAGO, the LA Art Book Fair, the New York Art Book Fair, Material, The Paris Ass Bookfair, Offprint, and SPRING/BREAK. I Have Seen the Future: Official Guide, received a positive review in The New York Times.
Their riff on a midcentury suburban circular, White Flight!, was published by CUNY and featured for four months at BMCC’s Shirley Fiterman Art Center in 2023. Herr and Sheffler presented at the inaugural bell hooks center Symposium at Berea College. In May, 2025 they gave a lecture-presentation of their entire body of work at the Palais de Tokyo.
¡AGITPOP! titles are distributed by Antenne.
Scorched Earth Tiki
A delectable, boozy cocktail of contradictions, coverups, and conspiracy theories—served in collectible mugs!
Come explore the American Imperial concoction known as tiki! Thoughtlessly confuse, conflate, and flatten numerous Asian and Pacific cultures into one profitable aesthetic that Americans enjoyed midcentury as they exploited far-flung lands during the Cold War!
Our newest publication debuts stateside at SPRING/BREAK 2026 in New York September 22-28. The launch will take place within an art installion that doubles as a functional tiki bar, The Scorched Earth Tiki Speakeasy.
Now in stores!
Now in stores!
In 1953, at the height of the Red Scare, early television magician John Mulholland pulled off his greatest disappearing act when he announced his retirement. In fact, Mulholland did not retire: he went to work for the Central Intelligence Agency where he wrote The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception, a guide for marrying Cold War spycraft to a magician’s legerdemain.
Mulholland’s manual was declassified in 1977.
Our fifth title, Collateral Magic is a speculative analysis of magic in the field, tips and tricks on maintaining the illusion of democracy, and a friendly reminder that one cannot spell magician without the CIA.
Selected Coverage
NYFA/NYSCA Artist Fellowships Award $903,000 to 132 New York Artists (Coverage of Fellowship)
Artforum · July 24, 2026
132 New York Artists Receive $903,000 in Grants: The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship program awards each recipient $8,000 in unrestricted cash (Coverage of Fellowship)
Hyperallergic · July 23, 2026
Alexandria Deters On Finding Love: “Shop ‘Til You Drop at Printed Matter’s Book Fair” (Review)
Cultbytes · Sep 13, 2025
“Raven Chacon & Lorenza Longhi's Selected Books” (Curated Exhibition)
Printed Matter · Apr 14, 2024
Syllabus Project · Nov 21, 2023
”Dans l'œil de Libé: La banane fait recettes et débat” (Review)
Libération · Oct 23, 2023
"LA Art Book Fair Participants Get Candid About the State of the Medium" (Interview)
Cultured Magazine · Aug 15, 2023
"Ceramics take centre stage at Spring Break’s 'secret' New York pop-up" (Review)
The Art Newspaper · May 19, 2023
"Tradition and Transgression at Spring/Break 2022" (Review)
Arcade Project Zine · Sep 13, 2022
artnet news · Sep 8, 2022
"Field Pod, Episode 4: 'Round the World's Fair" (Podcast Interview)
Field Projects · May 25, 2022
Art We Saw This Spring" (Review)
The New York Times · Apr 27, 2022