Gold Doesn't Heal
Gilded on the surface, untouched underneath
Money covers a lot. It does not fix this.
Gold Doesn't Heal holds the face gilded on the surface and untouched underneath, where it counts.
Gold Doesn't Heal 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 reads quietly expensive, the way collected spaces do.
An emerging name, acquired early. 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.
