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, burgers, beauty products and half-smoked cigarettes. Bridging Pop art and Surrealism, Belanger’s objects and scenes narrate capitalist myths, with symbols of contemporary culture presented as seducing and uncanny. Satisfying in their smooth shapes and tender colour, the artist’s works translate the dissatisfaction and anxiety caused by consumerist culture and its power structures. 

Written by Goldsmiths CCA

François Ghebaly

Brooklyn

Usa River

New York City

Nada

Art New York

Milan

Gió Marconi

Amsterdam

Pippy Houldsworth

Seoul

Perrotin

Detroit

Reyes | Finn

Los Angeles

Portland

Adams and Ollman

Derek Eller

Dijon

Le Consortium

Ridgefield

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

Pioneer Works

New Museum of Contemporary Art

Genesis Belanger

Chicago

School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago (Saic)

Slipping

On the Road

One For Me And One For My Friend

Habits

Hold It Together

Candies

Reception

God's Bounty

Big Sleep

Waiting-Room

No Longer in Service

Acquiesce