Love in Contrast, Gold Doesn't Heal, and Presence Undiminished framed works by Corey Wesley displayed beside Cracked Fusion in his Harlem home.

Unapologetic Faces

Framed Face Art

Each work is limited to one collector.

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

Framed face art by Harlem artist Corey Wesley at 24 × 36, 18 × 24, and 24 × 18 in. Split faces and paired faces from Unapologetic Faces, each work limited to one collector.

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Love Your Face by Corey Wesley. A face streaked with red and black paint down the forehead and cheeks, LOVE YOUR FACE across the mouth. — Love Your Face
Your face tells the story before a word
Framed fine art24 × 36 in
$1,800.00
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Burning Desire by Corey Wesley. A face with a black bob, split black and red, white paint dripping from closed eyes, red lips. — Burning Desire
Heat that never asked permission
Framed fine art24 × 36 in
$1,800.00
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2:00 AM by Corey Wesley. A face split dark and pale against black, eyes closed, black paint running down from the top, red lips. — 2:00 AM
The hour that tells the truth
Framed fine art24 × 36 in
$1,800.00
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Presence Undiminished by Corey Wesley. Two dark profiles nose to nose, a white stripe of paint running down each face, red lips. — Presence Undiminished
Still here, with every year on it
Framed fine art24 × 36 in
$1,800.00
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Two Truths, One Body by Corey Wesley. Two profiles back to back, a dark one with white drips and a pale one with long lashes and red lips. — Two Truths, One Body
The contradiction we carry unresolved
Framed fine art24 × 36 in
$1,800.00
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Love in Contrast by Corey Wesley. Two profiles back to back, a white face dripping white paint and a black face with red paint over the eye. — Love in Contrast
Two tones that complete each other
Framed fine art24 × 36 in
$1,800.00
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The Face That Trauma Built by Corey Wesley. Two profiles joined as one, a pale side with red lips and a dark side with gold eye shadow. — The Face That Trauma Built
The person the hard years made
Framed fine art24 × 36 in
$1,800.00
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Beautiful Accident by Corey Wesley. A face with cropped hair split down the middle, a cracked gray half and a red half with a gold eyelid. — Beautiful Accident
What the mess turned out to be
Framed fine art24 × 36 in
$1,800.00
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American Divide by Corey Wesley. Two profiles facing each other, both painted with the American flag, the paint peeling away. — American Divide
A border down the middle of a face
Framed fine art24 × 36 in
$1,800.00
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Model Divide by Corey Wesley. Two women's profiles back to back, split by a jagged red line, against a red background. — Model Divide
The work of keeping it up
Framed fine art24 × 36 in
$1,800.00
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Gold Doesn't Heal by Corey Wesley. A man's face with cracked red patches across the cheek and mouth, gold paint dripping from one eye. — Gold Doesn't Heal
A wound under the gold
Framed fine art24 × 36 in
$1,800.00
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Shiny and Vanished by Corey Wesley. A woman's face split in two, black paint splashing across one side with red eye shadow and red lips. — Shiny and Vanished
What slips away the second you reach for it
Framed fine art24 × 36 in
$1,800.00
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The Masquerade by Corey Wesley. A man turned to the side, his face covered in white speckled paint with a red streak down from the eye. — The Masquerade
The performance we all agreed to
Framed fine art24 × 36 in
$1,800.00
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Split Perception by Corey Wesley. Two figures back to back, one glossy black and one glossy red, white stripes on their faces, against red. — Split Perception
One face, read two ways
Framed fine art24 × 36 in
$1,800.00
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Liberated Tears by Corey Wesley. A dark face with eyes closed, thick white paint running from the eyes, red lips. — Liberated Tears
Grief at the point it becomes freedom
Framed fine art24 × 36 in
$1,800.00
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Duality Pain by Corey Wesley. Two profiles back to back, one pale with blonde hair and one dark, both with white paint dripping, red lips. — Duality Pain
Pain with a straight face
Framed fine art24 × 36 in
$1,800.00
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The Allure by Corey Wesley. Two pale, cracked faces with lips almost touching, blue eye shadow and red lips. — The Allure
The pull nobody can explain
Framed fine art18 × 24 in
$1,600.00
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Unapologetic Embrace by Corey Wesley. Two faces held close with eyes closed, one dark and one covered in cracked white plaster. — Unapologetic Embrace
Love that refuses to shrink
Framed fine art18 × 24 in
$1,600.00
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Twin Beauty by Corey Wesley. Two faces cheek to cheek, one pale and one dark, the cracked surface breaking into red. — Twin Beauty
The mirror between two selves
Framed fine art18 × 24 in
$1,600.00
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Speechless America by Corey Wesley. Two faces almost touching, the American flag painted over their mouths with SPEECHLESS across each. — Speechless America
Looking at the truth without an answer
Framed fine art18 × 24 in
$1,600.00
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Fractured Identity

Nobody is one thing

Framed fine art18 × 24 in

$1,600.00

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The Villain They Made by Corey Wesley. A face split down the middle, a pale half streaked with black drips and a half with dark eye paint and red lips. — The Villain They Made
The one the world decided to fear
Framed fine art18 × 24 in
$1,600.00
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Break Up to Make Up by Corey Wesley. Two faces in a kiss, the image cracked like broken glass with red shards. — Break Up to Make Up
The love you keep going back to
Framed fine art18 × 24 in
$1,600.00
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No Comment by Corey Wesley. Two faces close together, their mouths covered by flag-striped tape that reads No Comment. — No Comment
Silence worn like armor
Framed fine art18 × 24 in
$1,600.00
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Black Love by Corey Wesley. Two faces cheek to cheek with eyes closed, on a cracked white plaster surface. — Black Love
Love with the cracks showing
Framed fine art18 × 24 in
$1,600.00
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Broadway Duality by Corey Wesley. A face split by a crack, a dark half with a black tear and a pale half with a white tear, red lips. — Broadway Duality
Who you are when the curtain comes down
Framed fine art18 × 24 in
$1,600.00
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Love Hurts by Corey Wesley. Two faces about to kiss, red paint running from their eyes across a cracked surface. — Love Hurts
Love that leaves a mark
Framed fine art18 × 24 in
$1,600.00
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Why America by Corey Wesley. Two faces with the American flag painted across their mouths, the words WHY and AMERICA on the flags. — Why America
The question left hanging when nothing comes back
Framed fine art24 × 18 in
$1,600.00
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Passionate Lovers by Corey Wesley. Two faces about to kiss, one with red lips and pale feathered hair, the other bearded. — Passionate Lovers
Close enough to become one
Framed fine art24 × 18 in
$1,600.00
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Black Beauty by Corey Wesley. Two faces with red eye shadow and red lips, glossy black cracked paint spreading over one side. — Black Beauty
Beauty that holds you where you stand
Framed fine art24 × 18 in
$1,600.00
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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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