American Divide
One face, two sides of a border
The country splits down the middle of a single face.
American Divide holds two halves that share a border and refuse to meet, the fracture we all live inside.
American Divide is a one of one framed work by Harlem artist Corey Wesley, from Unapologetic Faces: The Cost of Being Seen. On the wall it stops being furniture and becomes the room's whole argument.
An emerging name, acquired early. Signed, and archived on placement. There is no second.
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Each one of one. Once acquired, it does not return.
Corey Wesley
Corey Wesley is a Harlem artist. His practice was shaped by the faces he studied on the subway, in recovery rooms, in the space between performance and collapse. He creates what remains when the face stops performing.
The inaugural exhibition at Goddard Riverside Community Arts drew 150 in attendance. Corey Wesley curated the show alongside Scott M. Lilly and Ayiana Viviana. Press, collectors, and interior designers responded consistently: breathtaking.
The faces in these works are archetypes, not portraits. They belong to everyone. And no one.
