Credit Where Credit Is Due
Credit Where Credit Is Due asks what happens when cultural exchange leaves authorship behind.
The braids are the visual focus. They carry a history tied to Black culture, while the work addresses the way elements of that culture are adopted, circulated, and separated from their origins.
Cultures can be shared. Credit for where they come from should not be erased.
Credit Where Credit Is Due is a one-of-one archival aluminum work from Unapologetic Faces: The Cost of Being Seen by Harlem artist Corey Wesley.
24 × 36 inches. Archival aluminum.
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MEET THE ARTIST
Corey Wesley is a Harlem-based contemporary artist and founder of Milton Wes Art. His work examines identity, recognition, vulnerability, and the cost of being seen.
MEET COREY WESLEYFaces tell a story before we even say a word. This is my creative expression of the human face and the emotions we all experience.
Our Faces Tell a Story Before We Even Say a Word
Unapologetic Faces: The Cost of Being Seen
Bernie Wohl Center at Goddard Riverside · New York City · March 2026


