Black Love
Shadow folding into light, together
You have never seen Black love shown like this. That is why you cannot look away.
Two faces meet on one surface, shadow folding into light. Cracked, still holding, and finally given the wall it deserves.
Black Love is a one of one work by Harlem artist Corey Wesley, from Unapologetic Faces: The Cost of Being Seen. Hang it, and a plain room instantly reads like the home of someone who collects. The kind of space people assume costs far more than it did.
An emerging name, acquired early. Signed, and archived the day it is placed. 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.
