Broadway Duality
The self on stage, the self underneath
Two faces. One of them is the one the world gets to see.
Broadway Duality holds the split every person carries, the self on stage and the self underneath. Neither one is a lie.
Broadway Duality is a one of one framed work by Harlem artist Corey Wesley, from Unapologetic Faces: The Cost of Being Seen. Hang it where people gather and the room stops looking furnished and starts looking collected.
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.
