Paul Belenky
MFA ’17 Fine Arts 2D
I create sculptures that merge objects with simple robotics and mechanisms, using humor as a driving force. My work takes inspiration from the absurdities of everyday life, transforming them into playful, interactive objects. This particular piece is a dog sculpture that combines simplified and exaggerated elements of dogs into a single, whimsical amalgamation. It moves, it gets pet, and it even poops. By exaggerating these familiar behaviors, the sculpture both celebrates and pokes fun at the experience of pet ownership
Paul Belenky was born in 1991 in Boston, Massachusetts. Paul graduated from Brandeis University in 2014 with dual bachelor’s degrees in biology and studio art. He completed his MFA at MassArt in 2017. Currently Paul lives and makes art in Watertown MA and teaches visual art at Lexington High School. To Paul, absurdity and play often approach the truth more closely than reality and therefore he creates silly work about mundane things. Paul works in installation, drawing, and sculpture, and aspires to make work that draws both smiles and grimaces.
