Hannah Smith: Homestyle

2nd Story presents Hannah Smith’s new body of work a solo exhibition, Homestyle. Smith is a Kentucky-based artist who creates sculptures and installations that merge Pop Art references and assemblage strategies with a rebellious punk attitude. Employing recognizable imagery and unconventional materials, Smith has developed a playful and unpretentious art practice that offers a complex vision of society, where flashy objects reveal themselves to be gaudy, cheap, and even a little bit grimy. In a style that could be described as “abject Americana,” her work suggests the way in which blue collar aesthetics can embody political and social ideologies of discontent.