Clowned by Capitalism
The face the system paints on you
The joke everyone is in on and nobody escapes.
Clowned by Capitalism holds the face the system paints on you, and the person still breathing behind it.
Clowned by Capitalism is a one of one work by Harlem artist Corey Wesley, on archival museum-quality aluminum, from Unapologetic Faces: The Cost of Being Seen. It does not decorate a wall. It indicts the room and owns it.
An emerging name, collected now for a reason. 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.
