Working across porcelain and stoneware, metal, wood, and painting, Genesis Belanger creates objects that draw from, and critique, the aesthetics of consumption. Her work is characterized by a unique visual language that repurposes everyday objects into often seductive, yet unsettling, surrogates for human emotions and societal anxieties. Informed by her experience as a prop-styling assistant, Belanger’s sculpture mimic the strategies of advertising—using beauty, nostalgia, and humour to evoke psychological responses. Yet, in Belanger’s hands, these familiar symbols are recontextualized, shifting from tools of persuasion to agents of critical reflection.
GENESIS BELANGER (AMERICAN, 1978)
stoneware with oil painted manicure
Acquired in 2024
