Laub received both his undergraduate and master's degrees at the University of California, Berkeley studying under artists such as Peter Voulkos, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Mark di Suvero, William T. Wiley, and Jim Melchert.

As a student, he was associated with Bay Area artists Theresa Hak Kyung Cha,[2][3] Terry Fox, Howard Fried, and Paul Kos.

[citation needed] In Laub's early performance work such as Relations (1970) the artist used projections and mirrors to insert himself into a historical photograph, merging his gestures and features with that of the person depicted.

The camera pans each course of the meal to reveal stages of the developing battle, from the hors d'oeuvres, progressing through the entree, and concluding with the dessert.

[23] Laub's sculptures are in the permanent collection of the Yale University Art Gallery[24][25][26] Laub's work is considered important in the Conceptual Art movement in California in the 1970s, alongside figures such as Chris Burden, John Baldessari, Edward Ruscha, Terry Fox, Paul Kos, Lynn Hershman, Bruce Nauman, Howard Fried, Tom Marioni, Allan Kaprow, and Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.