Black Beauty
Beauty that holds you where you stand
Beauty this direct is not something you glance at. It holds you where you stand.
Black Beauty meets your eyes and does not soften for anyone. Presence before permission.
Black Beauty is a one of one framed work by Harlem artist Corey Wesley, from the Unapologetic Faces series. On the wall it changes the whole room, and the space starts to read like it belongs to someone with taste most people are still catching up to.
Collected early, while the name is still climbing. Signed, and archived the day it is placed. Only one exists.
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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.
