Golden Temptation
The pull you know better than to want
Some things are beautiful precisely because they cost you something.
Golden Temptation holds the pull toward the thing you know better than to want, rendered in gold that dares you.
Golden Temptation is a one of one work by Harlem artist Corey Wesley, on archival museum-quality aluminum, from the Unapologetic Faces series. On the wall it commands the room and makes the space feel quietly expensive.
Acquired now, while the window is open. Signed, and archived on placement. Once it is gone, it is gone.
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.






