nonfiction: beth hankes/joe smith

PULP is pleased to announce a 2 person show, NONFICTION, with recent work by artists Beth Hankes & Joe Smith.

Truth has become slippery. Perhaps it always has been. Through art we attempt get to the bottom of what is. Both artists, through their art, are digging deep and have created powerful bodies of work.

“Objects can carry many versions of fact. In our work, we both take objects, marks, and gestures, and use them to suggest a new truth, a new story. The sum of the parts is more significant than each item, yet each item is necessary and has its own resonance. A sturdy ladder made of delicate glass; shoe prints from a crowd of one. The emotional truths that we so often try to avoid are expressed through our artistic actions. Through those actions, the objects speak a language that is different from their native tongue.”

Beth Hankes is a photographer and installation artist. Her work has been exhibited in New England and abroad. She graduated Mt. Holyoke

College in 2008 with an art history/studio art degree and has a masters in art history from Harvard Extension School.

Joe Smith has been a working sculptor for over 30 years, He has exhibited in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and internationally, with reviews in NYTimes, Chicago Tribune, Art Forum, and Art in America. Beth & Joe both live in Burlington, Vt. In 2018 Smith retired from Mt.Holyoke College Dept. of Art.

joe smith, virgil (reconfigured), 18” x 24” x 18”, wood beam, glass, wheel, steel, paint, $2500.

joe smith, virgil (reconfigured), 18” x 24” x 18”, wood beam, glass, wheel, steel, paint, $2500.

joe smith, red wheel (threshold), wood, metal, colored pencil, 27” circ. x 1” width, $3000.

joe smith, red wheel (threshold), wood, metal, colored pencil, 27” circ. x 1” width, $3000.

detail of red wheel (threshold), wood, metal, colored pencil.

detail of red wheel (threshold), wood, metal, colored pencil.

beth hankes, a pleasure no. 2 and no. 1, - 18” x 18”, archival inkjet prints, each $500.

beth hankes, a pleasure no. 2 and no. 1, - 18” x 18”, archival inkjet prints, each $500.

beth hankes, my pleasure (no.1), 18” x 18”, archival inkjet print, $500.

beth hankes, my pleasure (no.1), 18” x 18”, archival inkjet print, $500.

joe smith, bottle & blocks , 19” x 3.5” x 4.5”, $700.

joe smith, bottle & blocks, 19” x 3.5” x 4.5”, $700.

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joe smith, cut round no. 8 and no. 9. pencil, conte, graphite, charcoal on plywood, $800 each

joe smith, cut round no. 8 and no. 9. pencil, conte, graphite, charcoal on plywood, $800 each

joe smith, cut round no. 7, 21” x 23” x 3/4”, pencil, conte, graphite, charcoal on plywood, $800.

joe smith, cut round no. 7, 21” x 23” x 3/4”, pencil, conte, graphite, charcoal on plywood, $800.

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beth hankes, left to right: hold me up/hold me down (no.1), 3:30am, hold me up/hold me down (no.2), - all 12” x 18”, archival inkjet print, $750 each.

beth hankes, left to right: hold me up/hold me down (no.1), 3:30am, hold me up/hold me down (no.2), - all 12” x 18”, archival inkjet print, $750 each.

joe smith, mirror and broom , steel. mirror measures 23” x 12/75”, broom 53” x 12” x 2.25” $2000.

joe smith, mirror and broom, steel. mirror measures 23” x 12/75”, broom 53” x 12” x 2.25” $2000.

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beth hankes, offset state no. 3, 12” x 18”, unique print, $400. sold

beth hankes, offset state no. 3, 12” x 18”, unique print, $400. sold

beth hankes, offset state (no. 1 and no. 6) , 12” x 18”, unique print, $400 each.

beth hankes, offset state (no. 1 and no. 6), 12” x 18”, unique print, $400 each.

joe smith, glass ladder no. 1 & virgil(in background) . $3000/$2500 glass ladder measures 72” x 34” x 24”. glass, wire, wood. virgil measures 18” x 24” x 18”. wood beam, glass, wheel, steel, paint.

joe smith, glass ladder no. 1 & virgil(in background). $3000/$2500

glass ladder measures 72” x 34” x 24”. glass, wire, wood.

virgil measures 18” x 24” x 18”. wood beam, glass, wheel, steel, paint.

beth hankes, holiday inn $1, (no. 3, 2, 1), each 12” x 18”, archival inkjet print, $400 each

beth hankes, holiday inn $1, (no. 3, 2, 1), each 12” x 18”, archival inkjet print, $400 each

beth hankes, holiday inn $1, (no.2) , 12” x 18”, archival inkjet print, $400.

beth hankes, holiday inn $1, (no.2), 12” x 18”, archival inkjet print, $400.

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beth hankes, holiday inn $1 (no.1), 12” x 18” archival print, $400

beth hankes, holiday inn $1 (no.1), 12” x 18” archival print, $400

joe smith, cut round no. 5, 21” x 23” x 3/4”, $800 sold

joe smith, cut round no. 5, 21” x 23” x 3/4”, $800 sold