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Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Nicholas Calcott.

Genesis Belanger

Born in 1978, Usa River, Tanzania

Lives and works in Brooklyn, United States

Overview

Genesis Belanger orchestrates mise-en-scene settings from twisting everyday objects into psychologically charged idiosyncrasies. Working in ceramics, cast-concrete sculpture, installation and painting, she employs the vocabulary of 1950s American advertising and explores contexts of liminal spaces such as hotel lobbies, supermarkets and waiting rooms. Absent bodies are present through pastel-toned twisted hands holding mouths, eyes landing in soup, fingers sprouting from bouquets of flowers, bu...Read more

Selected artworks
Genesis Belanger
Slipping, 2023
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Genesis Belanger
On the Road, 2019
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Genesis Belanger
One For Me And One For My Friend, 2019
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Genesis Belanger
Habits, 2019
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Genesis Belanger
Hold It Together, 2019
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Genesis Belanger
Candies, 2019
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Genesis Belanger
Reception, 2019
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Genesis Belanger
God's Bounty, 2019
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Genesis Belanger
Big Sleep, 2019
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Genesis Belanger
Waiting-Room, 2019
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Genesis Belanger
No Longer in Service, 2019
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Genesis Belanger
Acquiesce, 2018
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