Four aluminum artworks from Corey Wesley's Unapologetic Faces series displayed in his Harlem home dining room.

Unapologetic Faces

Face Art on Aluminum

Each work is limited to one collector.

Artist's archive proofs, photographed in Corey Wesley's Harlem home.

Face art on aluminum by Harlem artist Corey Wesley. Split faces and two faces at 24 × 36 and 36 × 24 in, floated half an inch off the wall and ready to hang. Each work is limited to one collector.

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What Credit Costs by Corey Wesley. A face split between gold and cracked red, with the word CREDIT dripping in gold across the forehead and glossy black lips. — What Credit Costs
The receipt left in your pocket
Aluminum artwork24 × 36 in
$2,000.00
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Credit Where Credit Is Due by Corey Wesley. A face split down the middle, one side pale with a blue eye and blonde braids, the other dark with black braids and a red eye shadow. — Credit Where Credit Is Due
Taking back what they borrowed without asking
Aluminum artwork24 × 36 in
$2,000.00
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Love Your Face II by Corey Wesley. A face covered in painted lettering and blocks of blue, red, yellow and orange, with LOVE YOUR FACE written across it. — Love Your Face II
Looking right at what you used to cover up
Aluminum artwork24 × 36 in
$2,000.00
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Poured Clean by Corey Wesley. A dark face with eyes closed, white paint running from the eyes like tears and from red lips. — Poured Clean
Everything gone, completely free.
Aluminum artwork24 × 36 in
$2,000.00
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Love and Lies by Corey Wesley. Two men's faces pressed together, one dark and one pale with white hair, split by a cracked red seam. — Love and Lies
The same mouth can say anything
Aluminum artwork24 × 36 in
$2,000.00
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Seconds by Corey Wesley. A face split in two, a pale half with eyes closed and a cracked dark half with gold eye shadow and red lips. — Seconds
The moment everything changed, held
Aluminum artwork24 × 36 in
$2,000.00
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Two-Faced

The representative you show the world

Aluminum artwork24 × 36 in

$2,000.00

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Harmony by Corey Wesley. Two faces leaning close with eyes closed, one dark and one pale, both covered in fine cracks, in black and white. — Harmony
Tension held exactly right
Aluminum artwork24 × 36 in
$2,000.00
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Blended Love by Corey Wesley. Two faces merging with eyes closed, one cracked like dry earth, in black and white. — Blended Love
Closeness past the point of separation
Aluminum artwork24 × 36 in
$2,000.00
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Complex by Corey Wesley. A face joined down the center by a puzzle-piece seam, a cracked bearded half and a half with red lips. — Complex
The face that won’t explain itself
Aluminum artwork24 × 36 in
$2,000.00
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Complexity by Corey Wesley. A face with puzzle pieces breaking away from the left side and red lips on the right. — Complexity
The layers most people hide
Aluminum artwork24 × 36 in
$2,000.00
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Contrast Faces by Corey Wesley. Two women's faces joined by a jagged crack, one with platinum hair and red eye shadow, against red. — Contrast Faces
Two truths pressed against each other
Aluminum artwork24 × 36 in
$2,000.00
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Duality Broken by Corey Wesley. A face torn in two with eyes closed, a dark half and a pale half with silver hair and red lips. — Duality Broken
The moment balance gives out
Aluminum artwork24 × 36 in
$2,000.00
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Golden Love by Corey Wesley. Two faces about to kiss, covered in cracked gold leaf, against a red background. — Golden Love
Tenderness held like treasure
Aluminum artwork24 × 36 in
$2,000.00
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Split in Silence by Corey Wesley. Two profiles back to back, one pale and one painted glossy red with white stripes, white paint dripping. — Split in Silence
The room going cold before anyone leaves
Aluminum artwork24 × 36 in
$2,000.00
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Shedding by Corey Wesley. A face split down the middle, layers of black, white and red paint peeling from one side, red lips. — Shedding
The old self peeling away
Aluminum artwork24 × 36 in
$2,000.00
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The Meltdown by Corey Wesley. A mask-like face, half white and half black, black paint melting down the chin, red lips. — The Meltdown
The second the surface gives
Aluminum artwork24 × 36 in
$2,000.00
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Unshaken Reflection by Corey Wesley. Two faces nose to nose with eyes closed, one black and one white, white paint dripping from the chins. — Unshaken Reflection
Composure as defiance
Aluminum artwork24 × 36 in
$2,000.00
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United Lovers by Corey Wesley. Two faces merged with eyes closed, one pale and one dark, both cracked like old plaster. — United Lovers
Love that stopped needing to explain itself
Aluminum artwork24 × 36 in
$2,000.00
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Cracked Fusion by Corey Wesley. A face split by a jagged black crack, a dark half and a cracked pale half, eyes closed, red lips. — Cracked Fusion
Pieces that were never supposed to fit
Aluminum artwork24 × 36 in
$2,000.00
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The Breakup by Corey Wesley. Two men's faces divided by a cracked gold seam, one crying a red tear, the other a black tear. — The Breakup
The second love leaves
Aluminum artwork24 × 36 in
$2,000.00
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Tears Flowing by Corey Wesley. A face split by a red seam, a dark half and a pale half, eyes closed, tears streaking down both sides. — Tears Flowing
Grief you would live with daily
Aluminum artwork24 × 36 in
$2,000.00
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The Whisper Becomes the Push by Corey Wesley. A close-up of a dark face with eyes closed, gold leaf on the eyelids and the lips. — The Whisper Becomes the Push
The whisper before the push
Aluminum artwork36 × 24 in
$2,000.00
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Golden Temptation II by Corey Wesley. A pale face with red lips, gold and black paint running down from the eye across the cheek. — Golden Temptation II
What's left when the gold is gone.
Aluminum artwork36 × 24 in
$2,000.00
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Irreversible Split by Corey Wesley. Two shaved heads face to face, one masked in white paint with red lips, the other in glossy black. — Irreversible Split
The moment after no return
Aluminum artwork36 × 24 in
$2,000.00
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Gilded Vulnerability by Corey Wesley. A face split dark and pale, gold running from closed eyes, red lips, black paint dripping from above. — Gilded Vulnerability
The soft thing under the shine
Aluminum artwork36 × 24 in
$2,000.00
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American Paradox by Corey Wesley. A face painted with the American flag, the paint peeling and cracked down the center. — American Paradox
What the dream cost
Aluminum artwork36 × 24 in
$2,000.00
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Golden Temptation by Corey Wesley. A pale face with black hair and red lips, thick gold and black paint dripping over one side. — Golden Temptation
The pull you know better than to want
Aluminum artwork36 × 24 in
$2,000.00
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Red Silence, Black Truth by Corey Wesley. A face half striped black and white with black lips, half covered in dripping red paint. — Red Silence, Black Truth
The loudest things go unsaid
Aluminum artwork36 × 24 in
$2,000.00
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Fragmented Promises by Corey Wesley. Two faces joined in the middle, one painted with peeling stars, the other with red and white stripes. — Fragmented Promises
What the broken words add up to
Aluminum artwork36 × 24 in
$2,000.00
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Clowned by Capitalism by Corey Wesley. A face split pale and dark, gold on the brow and eyelids, gold and silver tears, red lips. — Clowned by Capitalism
The face the system paints on you
Aluminum artwork36 × 24 in
$2,000.00
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Every work shown here is limited to one collector. Once acquired, it does not return.

Framed and aluminum artworks by Corey Wesley displayed in his Harlem home dining room.

From Corey Wesley’s Harlem home

Framed and aluminum at home

Framed and aluminum works are shown here as Corey’s archive proofs in his Harlem home. Collector works are separate and available only where listed above.

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